Assistant Practitioner

1 week ago


Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a passionate Specialist Therapy Assistant to join our dynamic stroke and neuro therapy team. You will work across the professions of both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, providing specialist treatments, as well as demonstrating a degree of assessment skills. You will be flexible in your approach and be able to provide cover across both inpatient and community settings. You will have opportunities to work with patients on an individual level, as part of a team, and in group settings. You will be supported by a specialist team of therapists and will be facilitated to continue to develop your knowledge and skills in this exciting area.

There will be a requirement for seven-day working as part of this role, and varied shift patterns.

Main duties of the job

To support patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals by providing treatment programmes.

To complete stroke /neurology specific therapeutic interventions under the direction of by Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists.

To act as a key worker for patients on caseload providing feedback to clinicians.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Substantial, relevant experieince in a therapy or rehabilitation role

Desirable

Community experience

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation degree in health and social care or equivalent qualification

Desirable

NVQ 3 diagnostic and therapeutic care or equivalent competency based qualification

Skills

Essential

Full UK driving license and use of vehicle for work

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