Associate Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

AAC WEST is funded by NHS England to provide specialist Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) assessments and equipment for patients who live in the South West region.

The multidisciplinary team at AAC WEST provide an AAC service to both adults and children who have sever communication, physical, sensory and/or cognitive impairments.

This post is a clinical support role based within AAC WEST which forms part of the Bristol Centre for Enablement based at Highwood Pavilions.
- Preparing equipment that will be loaned to patients. This will involve programming and personalising client’s communication aids as guided by the therapy team. This could be in form of high-tech specialist communication aids or low tech paper based resources.
- Support in the delivery of software training sessions for the patients that are prescribed communication aids. In this role you would be required to work with our experienced AAC Assistant Practitioners to support in the organisation and delivery of the training sessions

AAC WEST is an established clinical team where you receive the support you require to learn all elements of this role. We have commitment to CPD and so will receive lots of training both internally and from suppliers to develop you skills in this specialised area.

Clinical Support
- To manage and organise own clinical workload with the support of senior Assistant Practitioner and departmental manager
- To be responsible for the preparation of communication equipment and materials for demonstration at assessments as guided by clinical team
- To be responsible for the personalisation/ programming of communication aid as directed by clinical team
- To be highly familiar in the specialist AAC software packages used in the department
- To assist in the setting up of iPads for triage loans
- To assist in the management of software accounts on communication devices
- To provide basic technical support for equipment during an evaluation loan period as directed by senior colleagues
- To support in the development of low tech resources as guided by departmental clinical team
- To maintain accurate clinical notes regarding any interventions relating to client based activities
- All activities will be delegated by a member of the clinical team or a more senior assistant. Support and advice will be available to assist in the delivery of allocated tasks

Training Support
- To support in the organisation and preparation of training sessions
- To support in the delivery of training session
- To collate feedback following training sessions

General Support
- To assist in standard technical support scenarios as directed by a senior member of the team
- To support in the general organisation and work flow of the busy clinical office
- Support in the ongoing maintenance of the departmental vans
- To participate in departmental clinical governance projects by providing evidence/ data as requested
- To assist in the induction process of new members of staff
- To provide support to the Equipment Manager as necessary to: - Input data into the departmental computer system - BEST
- Ensure that all equipment is safety checked and cleaned according to the relevant procedures



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