Trainee Assistant Practitioner

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job description

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Contact

Address: Northern Care Alliance NHS FT, Stott Lane, Salford, Manchester, M6 8HD
Contact Number: 0161 789 7373

Key details

Location: Salford Community Therapy Service/Salford Equipment Service
Address: Burrows House, Unit 10, Priestly Road, Wardley Ind Est, Town: Salford, Postcode: M28 2LY
Contract type & working pattern: Permanent, Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 3)

Job Overview

Salford Equipment Service has a new exciting opportunity for a Trainee Assistant Practitioner. The role will work across Salford Equipment Service and Community Therapy to review the equipment provision of residents with complex moving and handling needs. Salford Equipment Service provides complex moving and handling equipment into people’s homes to assist family and carers in the safe moving and handling of people. This new role will further develop the current integrated working between services and will offer a high standard service to people through the assessment, provision, and review of equipment.

The Trainee Assistant Practitioner will work closely with clinicians to provide support and advice to Salford Equipment Service prescribers of equipment and will provide feasibility visits to assess properties for suitability of large complex equipment. The postholder will also review the equipment to ensure that it remains in properties for an appropriate timeframe with onward referrals to other services.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide technical advice to clinicians on the suitability of equipment in the home environment.
• To work as an integral member of the team supporting assessment, therapy interventions, education, and care package planning.
• To review patients' equipment needs under the supervision of Community Therapy Service.
• To take a lead in identified audits, quality improvement projects, and resource management projects for the equipment and therapy service with supervision from senior therapists.
• To analyse a variety of clinical systems to build a holistic picture on people's needs to understand when onward referrals to other services are required, e.g., the use of adaptations to replace equipment.
• To ensure equipment is maintained in people's property for an appropriate timeframe.

Applicant Requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria:

• Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths.
• NVQ level 2/3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.

Desirable criteria:

• Foundation degree in Health & Social Care.
• NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria:

• Has some experience working in a therapy led service.
• Understanding of the role of AHPs i.e., Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.
• Some experience of working with people with disabilities.
• Has experience of lone working.
• Good time management skills.
• An understanding of the impact of disability on function and participation.
• Knowledge of therapy assessments and interventions.
• Health, safety, and risk awareness.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of working in a community setting.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria:

• Basic IT skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Organisational skills including the ability to manage own workload.
• Able to work alone as well as part of a team.
• Problem-solving approach.
• Flexible to different demands/environments.
• Enthusiastic and keen to learn and develop.

Desirable criteria:

• Manual handling skills.
• Experience of supervision and teaching.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Joanne King
Job title: Operations Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07926071083
Additional information:
For further discussions about the role please contact Joanne King.