Therapy Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Band 4

**Main area**
- Therapy services
- **Grade**
- Band 4
- **Contract**
- Permanent: This role with contribute to a weekend working rota.
- **Hours**
- Part time
- Flexible working

22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8-4 core hours)
- **Job ref**
- 164-5342689**Site**
- Nottingham City Hospital
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 11/06/2023 23:59Job overview

We have an opportunity for a part time (22.5 hours) therapy assistant practitioner to work as a key member of our Reablement Team. This is a multidisciplinary team comprising Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Therapy Practitioner Assistant. The team work together to provide goal orientated neurological rehabilitation to maximise patients’ independence following discharge from hospital. The team is based at Nottingham City Hospital.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the summary below, please familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached.

You must have a passion for delivering patient centred care, supporting the delivery of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy rehabilitation interventions. The post will involve travel to patients’ homes across Nottinghamshire to provide rehabilitation interventions. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work are therefore essential to role. You will also need to be computer literate, with a willingness to learn how to use of a range of hospital ICT systems.

There is an expectation that you will be actively involved in project work & engage in ongoing service developments, working closely with community colleagues around the ongoing rehabilitation of patients and supporting safe and effective transfer of care.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, intervention and delivery of care for patients, as well as delegated administrative duties.

Working for our organisation

As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS.

The Reablement team is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.

We’ve made a clear commitment to our patients and staff that We Listen, We Care. We will do all we can to ensure our patients get the best possible care we can give them.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the key points below, please familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The Therapy Assistant Practitioner (TAP) provides appropriate assessments, treatment and discharge planning for patients under the supervision of a senior therapist.

The post holder will be required to work closely with the multidisciplinary team to develop and implement rehabilitation programmes, as well as facilitate discharges with the support of senior staff.

To use effective communication skills to gain co-operation with treatment where there may be significant barriers to understanding or ability to co-operate with the treatment.

To discuss caseload management with other clinicians and provide advice and support on a day to day basis to other support workers.

To refer onto appropriate hospital and community services.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria
- GCSE (A-C) English/Maths or equivalent
- NVQ/QCF level 3 in healthcare or equivalent relevant qualification

Desirable criteria
- Further rehabilitation qualification/training

Other

Essential criteria
- Ability to participate in weekend working rota
- Full drivers licence and access to own vehicle

Physical skills

Essential criteria
- To be able to undertake moving and handling procedures
- To have experience of using Information Technology (e.g. basic word processing skills).

Desirable criteria
- Experience of moving and handling with patients

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential criteria
- To be able to demonstrate a responsible attitude/professional behaviour
- To have the ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- To demonstrate problem solving skills and be able to work on own initiative

Desirable criteria
- Experience of goal setting

Experience

Essential criteria
- Signi

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