Advanced Therapeutic Support Worker Trainee Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join theUHP Hospital to Home Team, either as a qualified Band 4 or as Band 3 Trainee Assistant Practitioner.This service has been developed to support early discharge from hospital and provide therapy reablement in the community to frail and vulnerable Adults across Plymouth.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification***

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The Hospital to Home team is an integrated service working in partnership with our health and social care colleagues to help reduce the need for people to remain in hospital and to help to re-build independence in their own home.

The Advanced Therapy Support Worker will be supporting timely discharge by working alongside therapy colleagues and patients in the acute hospital setting to define and agree therapeutic plans in order to achieve their identified goals at home.

On discharge, the therapeutic care support workers will be providing therapeutic interventions and exercise to service users to maximize their potential and achieve independence to remain living in their own home. This will include intimate personal care, continence care, Moving and Handling to continuously work towards the service user's independence.

You will receive professional ongoing training, comprehensive induction and teaching from a variety of therapy specialists to ensure you can deliver a fully holistic therapeutic package.

You will be expected to work on a rolling roster, including weekend shifts. Service hours are between 07:00-22:00, 365 days of the year.

You will need to travel across the area, and you will be paid travel from your office base

About us

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trustis the largest teaching hospital trust in the South West. We employ almost 10,000 staff that workin 350 different roles, plus hundreds of volunteers.

In addition to your salary, you will receive excellent enhancements when working weekends (30% Saturday and 60% Sunday enhancements), and when working Bank Holidays (paid at 60% enhancement).

We offer agenerous benefits packageincluding;

• Competitive annual leave entitlement of 27 days' holiday full-time equivalent
• Access to NHS pension
• 56pper mile travel allowance for patient visits from either base/home (review date 31/03/2023)
• Mobile phone and uniform
• Entitled to Blue Light Card Discounts via application
• Employee Support and Wellbeing

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Address

University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Derriford Road

Plymouth

PL6 8DH

Employer's website

https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Address

University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Derriford Road

Plymouth

PL6 8DH

Employer's website

https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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