Trainee Assistant Practitioner/assistant

3 weeks ago


Torquay, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Short Term Services team are recruiting for a full time permanent Trainee Assistant Practitioner to join our team working across several bases within Torbay & South Devon locality. Please note this advert is an internal expression of interest within Short term services team for both NHS and DCC staff.

You will work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role.

Elsewhere, you will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service; this will include seven day working across weekend and bank holiday working, or working in other localities as necessary to meet the needs of the service.

This is a progressional post dependent on completing training

Contribute to the planning, development and implementation of educational programmes for staff, patients and carers

To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role

To work within a multi-professional team undertaking practitioner role

The post-holder will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service; this will include seven day working across weekend and bank holiday working, or working in other localities as necessary to meet the needs of the service

Undertake statutory and mandatory and other training as requested

Develop and maintain skills required for patients within a community setting in line with appraisal and KSF

To participate in supervision and appraisal and take responsibility for own professional development

Work with patients and carers to teach and educate them about the early warning signs to prevent crises

Work proactively with patients and their families to develop personalised care plans which reflect their choices for end-of-life care

Why work with us - We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, and are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and Volunteering in Health

The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay.

Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
NHS Pension Scheme

Childcare at our day nursery

Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays

Staff Discounts

Career development and training opportunities

Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline

Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people’s strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real assed to Team Torbay and South Devon. #CareToJoinUsTSD

Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.



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