Assistant Practitioner - Band 4

Job summary

Are you an Assistant Practitioner with a passion for delivering exceptional community-based therapy and want to be part of a forward-thinking team? Do you want to play a key role to support patients to improve their quality of life and achieve their goals?

If the answer is yes, we have the job just for you.

Planned Community Services and Discharge to Assess support patients in their home and play a vital role in helping patients to achieve their goals, following their hospital discharge and further along into their rehabilitation journey. We aim to instil self-management of long-term conditions in the community independently. You'll help to identify the support patients need and help them to achieve their goals and rediscover their passions. It requires you to think creatively, and tailor interventions for each individual patient. For some, it could be getting up the stairs unaided, going on a bike ride, or being able to cook their favourite dish! Every patient is different, and no two days are the same.

We have a permanent full time posts available in our Planned Community Services.

We are a dynamic service providing patient-centred assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation to residents of Coventry; aged 18 and over. Clinical caseload is varied and challenging including neurological, musculoskeletal, falls, multi-pathology, complex physical needs; including long term conditions and chronic pain.

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

You will be able to illustrate and reflect upon routine patient management and demonstrate an understanding of clinical reasoning. You will be able to prioritise your workload and time effectively to support appropriate caseload management and delegation.

There will also be opportunities for participating in various service development projects and attending regular in-service training.

At present the Planned Community Therapy service and Discharge to assess service operates from Monday to Friday core hours, however the job description reflects a seven-day service in case of changes to service needs.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• flexible working opportunities
• relocation packages
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We are always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.