Job summary
Enablement Assistant Practitioner
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 4
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for an Enablement Assistant Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about supporting patients to live a full and independent life? We are recruiting for an innovative new branch of our therapies services, focusing on supporting and promoting the enablement of patients during their hospital stay.
The role will involve working on inpatient wards and units across Medway NHS Foundation Trust sites, providing direct patient care as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
You will support patients to regain and maintain their independence via a holistic, patient-centred approach designed to maximise their individuality abilities with activities of daily living.
The post holder will benefit from a comprehensive training and competency programme and support from experienced therapists.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Careby the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared visionis achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First.Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient Firstdeployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to the assessment, planning and review of, and to independently implement enablement programmes with a variety of clients.
Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care tasks, eating and drinking, kitchen practice, and documenting interventions accurately in notes following trust guidelines
To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in the acute setting To promote an enablement approach to patient care in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team
To participate in and support service development projects and audits
To participate in 7 day rotas if required
To accept patients delegated by a therapist or identified under a protocol, and carry as own patient caseload if required.
Treat patients according to set treatment/enablement protocols, monitoring patient progression, making alterations to patient enablement programmes as required.
Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing the therapist of any unexpected variation/concerns.
This post holder will be expected to participate in seven day working patterns.
Assist the therapist in the enablement of patients using a range of therapeutic techniques.
To manage the enablement of patients as delegated by the therapist, working without direct supervision; assessing patient progress, reporting back to the therapist and assisting with discharge planning.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to the assessment, planning and review of, and to independently implement enablement programmes with a variety of clients.
Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care tasks, eating and drinking, kitchen practice, and documenting interventions accurately in notes following trust guidelines
To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in the acute setting To promote an enablement approach to patient care in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team
To participate in and support service development projects and audits
To participate in 7 day rotas if required
To accept patients delegated by a therapist or identified under a protocol, and carry as own patient caseload if required.
Treat patients according to set treatment/enablement protocols, monitoring patient progression, making alterations to patient enablement programmes as required.
Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing the therapist of any unexpected variation/concerns.
This post holder will be expected to participate in seven day working patterns.
Assist the therapist in the enablement of patients using a range of therapeutic techniques.
To manage the enablement of patients as delegated by the therapist, working without direct supervision; assessing patient progress, reporting back to the therapist and assisting with discharge planning.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education
- Relevant QCF (NVQ) 3 in Therapy/relevant health related area
- Foundation Degree or aptitude and commitment to undertake
Knowledge
Essential
- Acute and community discharge pathways
- Sound understanding of an enablement approach to patient care
- Understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
- Understanding of the importance of nutrition and hydration to patient care, experience and outcome
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed therapeutic handling skills
- Keyboard and Microsoft IT skills
Value Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in acute or community setting
- Representing therapy at meetings e.g. case conferences, MDT meetings, board rounds, etc
- Experience of documenting and evidencing learning
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education
- Relevant QCF (NVQ) 3 in Therapy/relevant health related area
- Foundation Degree or aptitude and commitment to undertake
Knowledge
Essential
- Acute and community discharge pathways
- Sound understanding of an enablement approach to patient care
- Understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
- Understanding of the importance of nutrition and hydration to patient care, experience and outcome
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed therapeutic handling skills
- Keyboard and Microsoft IT skills
Value Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in acute or community setting
- Representing therapy at meetings e.g. case conferences, MDT meetings, board rounds, etc
- Experience of documenting and evidencing learning
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.
