Therapy Assistant Practitioner

5 months ago

Dereham, United Kingdom Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Full time

We are delighted to advertise for a Therapy Assistant Practitioner to work alongside Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists on our community inpatient unit.

Our friendly, dynamic, patient focused team look forward to supporting a new team member to help facilitate patient assessments and flow through our units.

To work alongside our Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists & Therapy Assistants to provide a treatment plan and rehabilitation to patients on the in-patient units.

To contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within the Community Hospitals in South Place, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.

To work within a reablement philosophy, using strengths based assessments and actively promoting independence for the patients

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Clinical

**The post holder will**:
Assess patients with straightforward requirements based on predetermined department protocols.

Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.

Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.

Prepare for and develop individual/group activities to meet defined intervention needs.

Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.

Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.

Make basic judgements on patients’ response to prescribed treatment, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.

Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these are documented in personal work diary.

Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.

Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.

Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patient’s co-operation in their treatment/care/management plan.

Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.

Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.

Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.

Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers, passive exercises.

Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained appropriately.

Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.

Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.

Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.

Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent, and gain consent as appropriate following department policy.

Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning specialist equipment and general house keeping tasks.

Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks, such as, answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data.

Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Demonstrate basic IT and standard keyboard skills

Professional

**The post holder will**:
To be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at and participation in staff meetings, training sessions, courses and reflective practice.

To participate in the staff appraisal scheme as an appraisee, maintaining a dynamic personal development plan.

To provide peer support to other carers.

To develop competencies to enhance practice and ability to meet needs of patients and the service

Communication

To establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building.

To demonstrate an ability to communicate with patients/carers with complex needs, using clear and effective verbal/non-verbal communication.

To gather and collate information to enable co-ordinator to plan interventions/liaison

with others.

To provide direct feedback to professionals as appropriate, and in a clear and concise way.

To contribute to accurate and time

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