Assistant Practitioner

Stroke Service -Assistant Practitioner Band 4- Louth

Are you passionate about delivering a high quality service to patients who have had a stroke in Lincolnshire? Are you motivated and dedicated to supporting patients with the transition from hospital to home, and to continue with their rehabilitation in the community? We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Assistant Practitioner to join the service in these exciting new developments.

The innovative Stroke Service provides high quality specialist stroke rehabilitation in the community across Lincolnshire. The service has four bases across the county and works as a very flexible team. This post will require the ability to travel to meet the needs of this county wide service and applicants must be able to work on a rota basis to assist in covering a 7 day a week 8am to 6pm service.

You will play a key role in supporting Therapy staff in delivering high quality rehabilitation to people who have recently experienced a stroke.

Please note a foundation degree in healthcare (or equivalent) is essential for this post.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

DUTIES

The post holder will participate as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of patients/clients health and well being needs

To accept delegated assessment responsibility, developing individual plans of care to meet the immediate and ongoing needs of the service user and carers.

To have knowledge of specific physical, emotional, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of the service users and carers and, taking these into account, assist in the implement appropriate action to meet those needs

Plan and progress patient interventions with autonomous assessing and planning on a daily basis with indirect supervision of qualified practitioner

Teach patients/carers with the indirect supervision of a qualified practitioner

Promote a positive image of the organisation, department and service.
To be responsible for the safe use of all equipment within their scope of practice.

For further information please see full job description and person specification.