Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Scunthorpe, United Kingdom Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for an experienced Therapy Assistant to take up this role within the Medicine Therapy team working in Scunthorpe General Hospital.

This team sees a range of acute patients within the hospital wards and is involved in the acute rehabilitation of patients and ensuring safe discharge plans are in place to enable the patient moves out of the hospital setting.

If you currently do not have the required qualifications but are experienced we can support you as a trainee at Band 3 with the expectation that you will achieve the foundation degree qualification.

The focus of the role is to assess and support individuals to facilitate safe discharge home from the hospital. Interventions can therefore include a range of assessments and rehabilitation activities, assistive equipment, assessment for equipment, advice and information sharing.

Excellent communication skills are required to ensure a collaborative approach to patient care from the multidisciplinary team involved.

The purpose of the post is to provide a high standard of therapy service working under the supervision of registered Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.



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