Assistant Practitioner

Overview:
**Assistant Practitioner**

**Band 4 : £27,485 - £30,162**

**22.5 hours per week**

**Permanent**

**Responsibilities**:
**An excellent opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to work in the Locala Community Respiratory Team in Huddersfield.**

The post holder will be required to work within the service, providing and supporting excellent holistic care to our chronic respiratory patients. This will involve working with the multi-disciplinary team of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and exercise professionals in a wide variety of community settings.

You will be part of the team running the Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes, including classes, education, assessments and home programme delivery as well as working in the wider team undertaking home visits to deliver key elements of care (equipment provision, rehabilitation and self-management support). You will also have the opportunity to be involved in development and improvement of the services.

We are looking for an individual with multi-disciplinary skills who is confident working in community. Experience of working with respiratory patients would be ideal but not essential as support and training will be offered.

**Integral to the role within the team will be to;**
- Be part of the team delivering Pulmonary Rehabilitation - group sessions and home activity programs.
- Work closely with the Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapists, to undertake assessments, implement treatment plans and support self-management skills for patients and their carers’
- Provide holistic care including equipment provision, general rehabilitation, and opportunity to develop skills in symptom management programmes.
- Be an experienced assistant practitioner with the skills to provide assessment, planning & implementation of treatment programmes with patients with respiratory conditions with support of clinical colleagues.
- Have experience/good knowledge of working in community settings.
- Have the ability to work with patients and significant others to support personal change management strategies

**Find out more about Locala with our**Thrive Strategy**

**For full details of the role please see**Job Description** and**Person Specification**

**Closing date: 01/09/2025**

**About us**

**Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.**

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

**“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”**

**Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:

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- ** Flexible working** - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
- ** Generous pension** - We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
- ** Refer a Friend Scheme -**If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

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