Therapy Assistant Practitioner Trauma and

3 weeks ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Full time

We have an exciting position for an enthusiastic and motivated person who is passionate about providing therapy to patients following traumatic injury or elective orthopaedic surgery. The successful post holder will join the T&O Team at SWB NHS Trust as we prepare to move to new hospital, MMUH in autumn 2024. The post holder will work across our acute T&O wards, supporting the Physio and Occupational Therapy Team through assessment, treatment and discharge planning for patients who have been admitted to the T&O wards. This will also involve leading on and carrying out treatment and rehabilitation plans for these patients, whilst working closely alongside the wider MDT.

You would play a key role in gathering info. from patients and their relatives/carers to understand their social, environmental and living circumstances, understanding how their injury or surgery impacts their day to day activities. Through this role, you would support patients through their injury or surgery and achieve their goals carrying out rehabilitation plans and providing adaptive equipment.

You will receive regular clinical supervision and training to allow you to develop the competence to lead on initial assessment through to discharge planning for certain patients following traumatic injury and/or surgery.

The post involves taking on responsibility for managing a caseload, which will involve providing therapy/rehabilitation/discharge planning to patients following elective orthopaedic surgery and traumatic injury, which may impact the patient physically and psychologically. You will plan and implement interventions (functional and cognitive) and evaluate outcomes of physiotherapy and occupational treatments.

You will also be supporting with facilitating flow throughout the hospital with timely assessments and planning discharges as part of each individual patients’ recovery journey to prevent delay. This will include liaison with and referring onto to the appropriate agencies as needed.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

**We have three newly emerging strategic objectives**:
Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the post. Please contact for further information.



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