Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

Here in the Discharge to Assess Pathway 1 Team we have fantastic opportunities for Assistant Practitioners looking for the next step in their career in one of our 4 teams (Boston/Spalding, Sleaford/Grantham, Lincoln/Gainsborough & Horncastle/Skegness).

We have 4 small friendly teams across Lincolnshire comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Pharmacy Technician, Lead Assistant Practitioners, Promoting Independence Therapy Assistants and Promoting Independence Care Assistants.

In our Pathway 1 Team, we follow the patient home and see them within 2 hours of their discharge. We listen to the patient of what matters most to them with regard to their personal and social circumstances, their physical, mental and emotional health and their carer's needs. This will include exercise programmes for their physical and mental wellbeing, recommending and providing the correct equipment, proactive work with patients to encourage independent living, educating patients on self-management of their health and wellbeing such understanding frailty symptoms and the importance of staying well physically and mentally for falls prevention, and so much more.

This post is likely to commence from April 2025

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Being part of our Team, you will be supporting assessments and reviews within a given Team, but also closely working with colleagues across other teams within the service.

You will be working in a patient centred manner, enabling individuals to regain independence with care needs and meeting therapy goals.

You will form part of the service's leadership team, supporting patient planning, staff management and service development.

We welcome new creative, resourceful, and innovative ideas. You will support growth within the team, as well as accomplishing personal growth. As a service we value development of all staff with opportunities for both the registered and unregistered workforce.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev