Therapy Assistant Practitioner

1 week ago

Goole, United Kingdom Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

This post centres on the intervention of Physiotherapy on the Neuro Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at GDH but may also include aspects of Occupational Therapy (OT) or Speech and Language Therapy (SLT), Dietetics and Nursing.

The NRC at GDH is a sub-acute rehabilitation unit providing specialist rehabilitation for patients admitted following neurological injury such as traumatic brain injury or stroke.

If you currently do not have the required qualifications but have relevant experience we can support you as a trainee at Band 3 with the expectation that you will achieve the foundation degree qualification. A band 3-4 development post can only be considered for those working over 30 hours.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will independently treat allocated clients referred to the service when they have completed the relevant competencies to do so. The caseload of clients treated will have been triaged or assessed by registered practitioners prior to allocation. They will work jointly with the therapists or other assistants to provide interventions with clients who have more complex needs.

The post holder will undertake a holistic functional assessment with clients, including defining individual goals. They will plan, initiate, modify and complete a range of therapy programmes, evaluating outcomes achieved and discharging clients when appropriate.

Treatment will include providing physical support including positioning, moving and handling, functional activity (which may include support with personal care). It will include providing advice, motivating, and training individuals, their carers and relatives. A holistic approach will include support to make lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of complications and ill-health. Client facing activity will include both individual and group sessions.

The post holder will have direct responsibility to develop, modify and evaluate resources and ways of working in line with outcome results, client satisfaction and current research.

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

About us

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

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.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at

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.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

Level 1 (Band 3) or Level 2 (Band 4) functional skills Work based competencies or ability to achieve work based competencies required for the role Foundation degree in Health and Social Care or equivent with therapy experience

Desirable

Higher education certificate/diploma Further qualifications in relevant area

Occupational experience

Essential

Significant experience working with people in a multi-disciplinary healthcare environment

Desirable

Previous experience in an enabling/rehab setting . Previous experience of stroke and its impact

Management

Essential

Able to manage own caseload

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