Therapy Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you looking for the opportunity to make a positive impact on people's lives through physical rehabilitation? Are you keen to support the improvement of people's physical health, independence and quality of life through their recovery? Are you passionate in supporting patients to remain in their home and not have to be in hospital or remain in hospital longer than necessary?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, then this role should be an exciting opportunity to join an innovative team who are providing just that. If you have experience of, or are keen to learn therapeutic skills and utilise these plus take a holistic and personalised approach, then this is certainly a role you would enjoy.

You will need to be a car driver and commute around the community setting visiting patients in their own home and in our health beds. Our aim is to provide care and therapy to patients who have an acute health need expected to span a short period of time; you will be well supported within a team of qualified therapists and therapy assistant practitioner colleagues to support our patients in their recovery. You will support our patients to remain safe and well at home by providing equipment and advice and will work within a multidisciplinary team.
- To work autonomously under the direction of a registered practitioner within the Intermediate Care Team
- To be responsible for assessing, interpreting, planning and implementing therapy interventions for specific groups of patients
- To provide advice to patients and carers
- To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
- To plan and prioritise own workload and to provide a high standard of car
- DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. To assess for, plan and implement therapy interventions, such as exercise programmes (group or individual), provision of mobility aids, measuring and fitting adaptive equipment, minor and major adaptations.

2. To evaluate therapy interventions and prepare discharge summary for supervised patient discharge.

3. To identify when patients need interventions from other services and initiate timely onward referral as indicated.

4. To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication e.g., Hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems, and pain.

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

6. Be responsible for ensuing equipment is used safely, following relevant training, and that it is maintained appropriately.

7. To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

8. To attend relevant external and internal courses to extend knowledge or gain relevant skills to improve clinical practice as identified as part of the Appraisal process.

9. Will occasionally be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection controlpolicies.

10. To work effectively within the team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews.

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