Home First Assistant Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
WILL CONSIDER BAND 3’S WITH CONSIDERABLE THERAPY EXPERIENCE AND WILLING TO UNDERTAKE ASSISTANT PRACTITIONER TRAINING AS PER BELOW.

TO UNDERTAKE AN UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMME OVER 2 YEARS. AT THE END OF THE 1ST YEAR THE POSTHOLDER WILL HAVE GAINED ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE EQUIVALENT TO AN NVQ LEVEL 3, PROGRESSING TO YEAR 2 TO ACHIEVE A FOUNDATION DEGREE.

**THE POST HOLDERS WILL ALL NEED TO HOLD A CURRENT DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE THE USE OF THEIR OWN TRANSPORT AS THE ROLE IS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.**

**Flexible shift patterns and various hours available.**

**The Home First Reablement Service operates 7 days a week from 8am to 6pm and various shift working is available. The successful applicants will work on a rota that is provided in advance to cover shifts that includes weekends and Bank Holidays.**

**Main duties of the job**:
The Salford Rehab & Reablement Team provides a life changing service to the people of Salford by helping them to regain or attain as much independence as they can in their own home. Our Home First Assistant Practioners do this by motivating and inspiring people to re-learn daily skills and enhance their quality of life.

You will be working along side Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehab techs as part of the team using the Single Assessment Process and deliver physical rehab interventions to patients providing Rehabilitaion and Reablement to adults and older people.

You will be fully trained to assist people to meet their care needs, which can range from motivational support to personal care and promptly alert the team where there are any changes in the person’s health and wellbeing or any possible risks.

You will have previous experience within a therapy rehab environment ideally including community and/or intermediate care experience.

You will be able to deliver a high standard of evidence based individual care, have excellent interpersonal skills to enable you to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and be flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day service.

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- foundation degree in health and social care
- NVQ 3 in care

**Desirable criteria**:

- NVQ assessor

**skills and experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- previous experience in a therapy/rehab setting
- car driver
- Evidence of working in a multi disciplinary team
- sound knowledge of health and safety

**Desirable criteria**:

- previous experience working in a intermediate care/community setting

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