Assistant Therapy Practitioner

Job summary

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Assistant Practitioner to join the North Home First rehabilitation service. You will be responsible for delivering high quality rehabilitation to patients with a range of physical health conditions including MSK, Stroke, Parkinson's disease, Neurological conditions, Spinal Injuries, Cancer, Post Surgery, General Frailty, Amputees, plus a range of other conditions which provides you with a varied and exciting experience within our service.

You will work jointly alongside qualified therapists with complex patients and will work autonomously within their scope of practice. This is a dynamic post which will be evaluated and adjusted to reflect the needs of the service, local population and feedback from users and staff. Your feedback and input will be essential to the development and shaping of the role.

The post will require you to attend planned lone visits to individual's homes.

Must be willing to undertake the assistants therapy practitioners course

Main duties of the job

The role involves managing a caseload of adults in liaison with the Home First Team. Many of the patients will have multiple complex health needs.

Within scope of practice this role provides the opportunity for you to undertake independent, holistic assessments with service users using manual assessment techniques, analytical and clinical reasoning skills.

The Assistant Practitioner supports the work of a range of professions ensuring that the individuals' physical, psychological, and emotional needs are met.

Some highlights of the role include:

• To carry out and progress rehabilitation programmes set by qualified therapists
• To complete secondary assessments following hospital discharge, including triage, subjective and objective assessments for appropriate patients. Within the scope of practice and competency for the role, responsible for identifying clinical need for input from MDT. To set and review SMART goals for individual patients.
• To discharge appropriate patients, following appropriate pathways, completing onward referrals and timely discharge summaries and signpost to community and voluntary groups.
• To educate and empower patients to adopt self-management strategies.
• To be able to complete basic observations and skin integrity for a patient.
• Demonstrate understanding of the common rehabilitation approaches used with our cohort of patients.
• To train individuals and carers on the safe use of assistive aids, equipment and assistive technology on a regular basis.

About us

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.