Therapy Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Full time

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Therapy assistant practitioner to work within the Rapid Response therapy team (RRTS) in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS trust. We are seeking an individual who has the experience working as a therapy assistant in an acute setting and thrives under pressure and works well as a key member of a team.

You will be work as part of the cohesive multiprofessional team within our emergency department (ED) acute medical units (AMU) and the frailty assessment unit (FAU) seeing a wide range of clinical presentation. You will supporting the team in achieveing its key objectives:
preventing unnecessary hospital admissions

facilitate hospital discharges and transfers of care to intermediate care and community services

commence therapy for frail older adults who are being admitted

**The role involves**:
Supporting patients with exercise programmes and rehabilitation

Progressing patients level of mobility

Assist in the execution of discharge plans including provision of equipment

Complete tasks delegate by the teams qualified therapists

Administrative duties

Interaction with patients, relatives and carers

Participation in team meetings, quality improvement half days, supervision and personal development

If you feel you have the required skills to undertake this role, are flexible, proactive, caring and eager to learn, we would love to hear from you.

Assess the rehabilitation needs of individual patients presenting with diverse and complex problems using enhanced knowledge, skills & experience and following departmental protocols at the front doors wards like A&E and Acute Medical units. This includes receiving complex and sensitive information from the patient.

Formulate and provide instruction and training in complex rehabilitative exercise programmes to individuals and groups of patients following departmental protocols, progressing those programmes as appropriate

Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens next year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

**We have three newly emerging strategic objectives**:
Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this roe entails

Ongoing professional and personal development could be available through an apprenticeship route.



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