Assistant Practitioner

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job description

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

About
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust provides physical and mental health care, learning disability and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis including perinatal, eating disorder and forensic services. We deliver out-of-area sexual health services, and our Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country.

As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff.

We Have a Wide Range Of Exciting Opportunities For People Looking To Work In a Truly Integrated NHS Organisation. By Joining MPFT You Will Become Part Of a Team Who Are Empowered And Supported To Deliver Care In a Way Which Is Consistent With Our Values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership
  
  

Key details

Location: Haywood Hospital
Address: High Lane, Burslem, ST6 7AG
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Some weekend working required)
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum (NHS AfC: Band 4)

Job Overview

The Therapy Team on Sneyd Ward deliver care and rehabilitation over a 7-day service to adults admitted on to the ward with a new onset Stroke from across the local acute portals. The team focus on ensuring the service users are supported physically, cognitively and emotionally within a biopsychosocial rehabilitation model using client centred practice. As a rehabilitation assistant practitioner, you will be working as part of an inter-disciplinary team where you will need to work alongside all disciplines with a proactive approach to service users recovery embedding quality at its core. Under the direction of registered physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, you will be involved in the implementation and evaluation of SMART goals to ensure service users under your care are provided with a collaborative, effective and evidence-based service to facilitate their discharge from an in-patient setting to the community. As a rehabilitation assistant practitioner, you will also have responsibility for your own allocated caseload under the supervision of registered therapy staff.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Have an awareness of the local and national drivers influencing Stroke Rehabilitation.
• To follow the RCOT and CSP Standards and Guidelines for Stroke, including all other guidance affecting Allied Health Professional services.
• Receive information relating to patients diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, action any response within your scope of practice, and feedback to Registered staff.
• Liaise with family members as required to meet the needs of the patients.
• To be responsible for your own practice within your skills remit and competence of the Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner.
• To implement treatment programmes autonomously to meet the patients needs under the supervision of a Registered Therapist within the service, facilitating the intervention, monitoring the individuals episode of care and progressing this intervention as appropriate.
• To be able to identify SMART goals for patients on your allocated caseload and sign off goals that have been met.
• To be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment by patients and staff.
• To recognise the importance of risk assessments as appropriate with Trust procedures.
• To be involved in supporting non-complex patients through their hospital admission to meet service demand and be actively involved in discharge planning including goal setting meetings, board rounds, case conferences, family meetings, ordering equipment from Medequip, completing referrals (e.g. community stroke team, wheelchair referrals, stroke association, olive branch), environmental risk assessments.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive records in line with Trust standards of practice.
• To be responsible for your own personal and professional development, fulfilling the requirements of the post in meeting the requirements of lifelong learning and engaging in continuing professional development.
• To promote the involvement of patients and carers in the service worked.
• To be involved in supporting and training of band 3 therapy staff, or other staff within the ward MDT in relation to areas within your scope of practice.
• To report issues with service provision/patient care to line manager.
• To support with feedback of figures for the Stroke Specific National Audit Programme (SSNAP) to local data collectors, and support with any other ongoing audits.
• Undertake any other duties required by Team/Clinical Lead and Specialist Services Manager which are commensurate with the post.
• To work within service model demands; ability to undertake bank holiday; weekend and shifts patterns with lone working as required.
• Car driver is desirable to support with service demands and some community working, where appropriate.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification
Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Level 2 or above qualification (e.g. NVQ III, QCF 2) or equivalent.
• Essential criteria: GCSE English and Maths grade C / level 4 or above or Functional English and Maths level 2.
• Desirable criteria: Evidence of recent CPD activity.

Experience

• Essential criteria: Relevant experience of working in NHS setting within therapies/specialist area of stroke.
• Essential criteria: Knowledge of correct assessments of patients and their condition and monitors the patients response to intervention.
• Essential criteria: Sound knowledge of a range of clinical presentations and how to escalate concerns.
• Desirable criteria: Previous experience of working in a community/Hospital setting.

Skills

• Essential criteria: Have evidence to show a good range of prior clinical experience.
• Essential criteria: Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Desirable criteria: Understanding of clinical audit and or research.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Rebecca Doe
Job title: Team Lead - Stroke and Therapies Team Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07973 895865