Community Stroke Reviewing officer/Assistant Practitioner

Community Stroke Reviewing officer/Assistant Practitioner

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Stroke Reviewing officer to join our established Integrated Community Stroke Service to deliver six and twelve month post stroke reviews and support the therapy team to deliver rehabilitation into various community settings.

Our award winning Integrated Community Stroke Service delivers rehabilitation 8am-5pm, 5 days a week, including Bank Holidays. Weekend working may be required in the future.

The team has won AHP Team of the Year for two consecutive years and offers full or part time roles, including flexible working which aims to achieve the right work-life balance, maintaining the wellbeing of our workforce.

The Community Health Services Division of NottsHC has an extensive portfolio providing childrens, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. Offering various roles and career development opportunities, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.

Main duties of the job

The core component of the role will be to provide specialist assessment, signposting and support via a designated reviewing process at 6 and 12 months after stroke.

This role will also involve working collaboratively within our Integrated Community Stroke Multidisciplinary Team of AHP's. You will be expected to:

• Demonstrate your passion and clinical ability to assess patients who present with significant physical health care needs.
• Support our patients within the community to enable them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs following a stroke.
• Assess, analyse and support clients, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, providing compassionate, realistic and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification is attached for further information on this position. If you are interested, we would encourage you to reach out to discuss this post further. Please contact Claire Lee - Team Lead 07973 656 678, claire.lee@nottshc.nhs.uk.

If you want to be the Stroke Reviewing Officer/ Assistant Practitioner that makes a difference, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Please note this is NOT an Assistant Psychology Practitioner post; it is an Assistant Therapy Practitioner position.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 in Health or Health and Social Care or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of multi-disciplinary work, including substantial voluntary work or work in a related field (e.g., housing).
• Experience managing own work in a team setting.
• Experience of working with Stroke patients.
• Experience of record keeping, report writing, and correspondence.
• Experience of working as Assistant Practitioner.
• Experience of working as Rehab Support Worker.
• Community Working (stroke).

Knowledge

• Good understanding of community care objectives and practices.
• Understanding of the role of community stroke and the social services.
• Familiarity with the role of relevant agencies (e.g., health and housing).
• Understanding of need and risk in relation to community care.
• Understanding of the concepts of single assessments and care planning.
• Understanding of the roles and skills of the members of the MDT.
• Awareness of a range of minor daily living equipment and adaptations.
• Awareness of rehabilitation and promoting independence.
• Ability to empower patients/service users and enable them to live as independently as possible.
• Ability to undertake standard and specialist assessments.
• Ability to work in partnership with patients/service users and carers.

Skills

• Evidence of being a team player.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with patients and carers who may have cognitive or communication impairment.
• Ability to deal with challenging family situations.
• Ability to prioritise and plan workload.
• Ability to manage caseload independently.
• Evidence of IT skills.
• Experience of working with system one.

Contractual requirements

• Evidence of flexible working.
• Driver and access to car.

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.

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.

Job Locations

Community Stroke Team

3 bases for localities - Stapleford Care Centre / Lings Bar Hospital

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

186-393-25-GH