Assistant Practitioner

Job Overview

The Therapy Team on Sneyd Ward deliver care and rehabilitation over a 7 day service to adults admitted on to the ward with a new onset Stroke from across the local acute portals. The team focus on ensuring the service users are supported physically, cognitively and emotionally within a biopsychosocial rehabilitation model using client centred practice. In this role, you will be working as part of an inter-disciplinary team where you will need to work alongside all disciplines with a proactive approach to service users recovery embedding quality at its core. Under the direction of registered physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists you will be involved in the implementation and evaluation of SMART goals to ensure service users under your care are provided with a collaborative, effective and evidence based service to facilitate their discharge from an in-patient setting to the community. You will also have responsibility for your own allocated caseload under the supervision of registered therapy staff.

*Previous applicants need not apply*

Main duties of the job

• You will work with registered staff and therapy assistants to provide a rehabilitation service for a defined Stroke population in an in-patient community hospital setting.
• You will be skilled in working autonomously, under the supervision of registered therapy staff, to undertake tasks in relation to occupational therapy and physiotherapy rehabilitation within your scope of practice.
• You will support the registered practitioner in the preparation and delivery of Stroke rehabilitation including clinical work, discharge support and administrative duties.
  
  

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.
  
  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Level 2 or above qualification (e.g. NVQ III, QCF 2) or equivalent
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE English and Maths grade c / level 4 or above or Functional English and Maths level 2.
  
  

Qualifications

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of recent CPD activity.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience of working in NHS setting within therapies / specialist area of stroke
• Knowledge of correct assessments of patients and their condition and monitors the patient’s response to intervention.
• Sound knowledge of a range of clinical presentations and how to escalate concerns
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working in a community/Hospital setting
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Have evidence to show a good range of prior clinical experience
• Understanding of evidence based practice
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of clinical audit and or research