Therapy Assistant Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Wirral, United Kingdom Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are excited to announce that we are recruiting full time Band 4 Assistant Practitioners to join ourCommunity Integrated Response Team (CIRT).

CIRT consists of 3 teams:

Home First Team - supporting people to return home after a stay in hospital and continue their recovery and rehabilitation in their own surroundings

Urgent Community Response (UCR) - Providing people with urgent assessments, care and treatment for a short time at home, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.

Virtual Frailty Wards - Providing a safe alternative to hospital for patients living with frailty in the community.

Main duties of the job

We see adults across the Wirral who are best treated in their own homes, the work is varied and interesting and no two days are ever the same

Your role will be to provide holistic assessments to an identified group of patients and be able to follow them up to enable them to reach their rehabilitation potential. The team consists of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and technical instructors, health care assistants and social care staff.

As this is an enhanced therapy assistant role, the successful candidate will have a prior set of skills as described in the person specification with sound knowledge and experience of working with complex, frail and older people in a rehabilitation setting. You will have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work closely and collaboratively with a wide range of people, recognising and respecting the contribution of other health and social care professionals/ workers.

About us

Ideally, we are looking for someone who already has an Assistant Practitioner qualification (or nearing completion) but will consider applications from individuals who can demonstrate that they are practising at an enhanced level and have achieved competencies equivalent to that of an Assistant Practitioner.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be well supported in this new role by experienced therapists and via our robust supervision, training and appraisal structure. If you are enthusiastic about being part of a developing service, come and join us

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

Essential

Foundation Degree or equivalent work based experience GCSE's @ C or above in Maths and English Competent Computer Skills- Microsoft office/ word and outlook

Skills and Attributes

Essential

Excellent Communication Skills adapting easily to patients and therapists Ability to assume responsibility for designated areas of work Ability to plan and organise own work Ability to be appropriately sensitive to patient's needs.

Personal Qualities

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team Confidentiality Ability to work under pressure Willingness to contribute to own Continuing Professional development Car Driver

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Previous Healthcare Experience, working with patients/customers At least 2 years' experience working as a Technical Instructor in a community setting Experience of supporting hospital discharges Experience in identifying and assessing with a wide range of equipment

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