Job summary
To work as a member of an interdisciplinary community inpatient healthcare team, working across health and social care boundaries.
With training, use skills from the professional areas of: Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Medicines Management to undertake tasks as delegated in order to meet the individual needs of service users.
To report changes or progress to a registered professional and participate with them in reviewing care plans
Main duties of the job
- To carry out duties delegated and supervised by registered professionals.
- To assist in the delivery of high standards of health care and support patients within the community inpatient setting.
- Providing care to patients with deterioration in their health or function
- To implement therapy interventions and treatment plans, such as exercise programmes (group or individual), provision of mobility aid, measuring and fitting adaptive equipment, minor adaptions.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with a range of conditions under the supervision of a registered practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
- To carry out delegated initial assessments and report back to a registered professional
- To adhere to risk assessments and health and safety assessments, including making an evaluation of a patient conditions and reporting any changes. Newly identified risks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with a range of conditions under the supervision of a registered practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
- To carry out delegated initial assessments and report back to a registered professional
- To adhere to risk assessments and health and safety assessments, including making an evaluation of a patient conditions and reporting any changes. Newly identified risks.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent of knowledge and experience,
- Good general education up to GCSE equivalent.
- Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework
Desirable
- Chair Based and Strength and Balance exercise training, or willingness to undertake
- NVQ Level 3 Care Award (certificate & portfolio)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment or care environment
Desirable
- Experience of caring for adults and older people with physical and/or mental health conditions, a particular interest in this age group and their welfare/rehabilitation.
- Experience of supporting people to be independent
- Knowledge of the role of registered professional OT and/or Physiotherapist
- Use of adaptive equipment
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Good Communication Skills
- Ability to record messages and information in an accurate and concise way
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
- Ability to work well within a team as well as individually.
- Ability to manage self and prioritise own workload
- Basic computer skills Understanding that this post supports different health systems
Desirable
- Experience of using Systm One or a similar patient record system
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Professional attitude
- Caring, approachable and courteous manner
- Punctual and reliable
- Maintains confidentiality
- Honest
- Team player
Physical Requirements
Essential
- The ability to: kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
- Move and manoeuvre people and equipment
- Manoeuvre patients using moving and handling aids
- Able to travel around their work base locality
Other
Essential
- Positive approach to patients/service users
- Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent of knowledge and experience,
- Good general education up to GCSE equivalent.
- Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework
Desirable
- Chair Based and Strength and Balance exercise training, or willingness to undertake
- NVQ Level 3 Care Award (certificate & portfolio)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment or care environment
Desirable
- Experience of caring for adults and older people with physical and/or mental health conditions, a particular interest in this age group and their welfare/rehabilitation.
- Experience of supporting people to be independent
- Knowledge of the role of registered professional OT and/or Physiotherapist
- Use of adaptive equipment
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Good Communication Skills
- Ability to record messages and information in an accurate and concise way
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
- Ability to work well within a team as well as individually.
- Ability to manage self and prioritise own workload
- Basic computer skills Understanding that this post supports different health systems
Desirable
- Experience of using Systm One or a similar patient record system
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Professional attitude
- Caring, approachable and courteous manner
- Punctual and reliable
- Maintains confidentiality
- Honest
- Team player
Physical Requirements
Essential
- The ability to: kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
- Move and manoeuvre people and equipment
- Manoeuvre patients using moving and handling aids
- Able to travel around their work base locality
Other
Essential
- Positive approach to patients/service users
- Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
