Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Assistant Practitioners to join a new service in the Virtual Ward team with multiple opportunities in the Mid Notts and North Nottinghamshire.
Virtual wards are a national initiative and defined as "a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care which is enabled by technology" NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Nottinghamshire Integrated care system, aim to deliver this through a Nottinghamshire wide provider collaborative, incorporating Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Nottingham University Hospitals, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare and City Care to deliver an ambition of 400 - 500 beds across the Nottinghamshire by Dec 2023.
Virtual wards allow patients to receive care, remote monitoring and treatment they need in their own home, safely and conveniently rather than in hospital. Virtual Wards provide healthcare systems with a significant opportunity to delivery care through the collaboration of community services and acute hospitals providing an alternative to an acute admission and/or early discharge.
As a member of the Virtual ward Multidisciplinary team the role of Assistant Practitioner will support patient care to be delivered in the home providing an alternative approach to receiving hospital care or clinical monitoring. The Virtual ward positions whilst based at various sites deliver a joined-up approach across the Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS).
Main duties of the job
The overriding purpose of the Assistant Practitioner is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care to individuals whilst on the virtual ward pathway across a 7day period 365 days per year.
The post holder will have expertise with the patient group specialising in Frailty and acute admissions avoidance, and wider experience in which they practise which is underpinned by competency assessment and learning programmes.
The focus of the Integrated Teams is to maximise and enable independence of the individual and the role of the Assistant Practitioner for Rehabilitation is fundamental in supporting patients to achieve this. You will be expected to work without direct supervision undertaking tasks delegated by the relevant profession, in order to support the patient and the team and you will demonstrate excellent communication skills to maximise effective intervention to the patient.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please make sure that your application demonstrates how you meet all the essential criteria listed in the attached Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please make sure that your application demonstrates how you meet all the essential criteria listed in the attached Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of basic education
- NVQ 3 in health or health and social care level or equivalent plus knowledge of specific patient conditions, forms of therapy, acquired through training, experience.
- IT skills Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Evidence of patient care related training
- Desire and willingness to work towards further qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults in a community setting
- Ability to deal with non-routine activity in responding autonomously to individual patients needs with sphere of own competence
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision.
- Organisation skills: ability to plan and prioritise demands.
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne for electronic patient record-keeping
- Previous experience of working in a Therapy Support Worker role
Other
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out therapeutic activities and respond appropriately
- Health and social care skills in line with generic competences
- Effective communication skills, including written, verbal, non-verbal
- Evidence of the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Organisational skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise demands
- Ability to follow procedures
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of basic education
- NVQ 3 in health or health and social care level or equivalent plus knowledge of specific patient conditions, forms of therapy, acquired through training, experience.
- IT skills Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Evidence of patient care related training
- Desire and willingness to work towards further qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults in a community setting
- Ability to deal with non-routine activity in responding autonomously to individual patients needs with sphere of own competence
- Ability to work alone without direct supervision.
- Organisation skills: ability to plan and prioritise demands.
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne for electronic patient record-keeping
- Previous experience of working in a Therapy Support Worker role
Other
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out therapeutic activities and respond appropriately
- Health and social care skills in line with generic competences
- Effective communication skills, including written, verbal, non-verbal
- Evidence of the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Organisational skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise demands
- Ability to follow procedures
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
