Assistant Practitioner

NHS; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a healthcare professional to join their multidisciplinary team. You will assess, plan, and implement therapeutic interventions for clients in various settings, including their homes and clinics. The ideal candidate will have NVQ qualifications in Health and Social Care and experience in community health. This role requires flexibility to work weekends and a full UK driver's license is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a Health or Social care setting.
• Experience with adult clients with physical conditions.
• Significant experience in personal and general care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement therapeutic interventions for clients.
• Form professional relationships with clients and families.
• Communicate effectively with the Integrated Community Services team.
• Provide teaching and advice to relatives and other professionals.

Skills

Understanding of physical conditions

Knowledge of mental health conditions

Basic wound care and clinical observations

Frequent standing, kneeling, and bending

Education

GCSE Maths and English

NVQ 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care

Completed Care Certificate

Job description

• Works within the multidisciplinary team in a primary care setting including clients' homes, residential homes and clinic, providing support for a variety of therapeutic and clinical interventions based on the team skill mix.
• Participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and individualised therapeutic interventions under the guidance of the multidisciplinary team
• To identify and provide appropriate assistive equipment for clients to facilitate safety in their chosen environment.
• To work autonomously and undertake lone working in the community. To work a variety of shift patterns which include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
• To travel across the county as service demands require.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for assessing, planning and implementing therapeutic interventions. To assess, demonstrate and provide appropriate, adaptive equipment to meet specific client needs and to facilitate safely in the chosen environment.

To form professional relationships with clients, family and carers and communicate condition related information to them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.

To involve clients, family and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programs and encourage self-management where appropriate. Promoting self-management of health related conditions.

To have an enhanced level of knowledge of support services within the community.

To communicate effectively with all members of the Integrated Community Services team. To support and promote wider team working.

To provide written reports and verbal feedback to the team regarding clients' performance/progress in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.

To act as named person for the client to contact within the department and to feedback relevant issues to senior staff.

Maintain professional, responsible and appropriate relationships with managers, colleagues, clients, their family/friends and other services.

To support other departments and localities within the Therapy Services at the request of management as demand requires.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

To provide advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote the understanding of the aims of therapy and to ensure a constant approach to patient care.

To undertake advanced holistic therapeutic assessments with a diverse range and complexity of physical and psychological conditions which increase the risk of falls.

To hold own caseload of clients referred. Taking responsibility for accepting and discharging these patients, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties required within the pathway as an autonomous practitioner.

To ensure the client record on Systm1 contains the clients full journey in a timely manner.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification Training

• GCSE Maths and English
• NVQ 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care and/or significant care experience
• Completed Care Certificate

Experience

• Experience of working in a Health or Social care setting
• Experience of working in community/therapy teams
• Experience of working with adult clients with primarily physical conditions
• Significant experience of client personal, physical and general care tasks

Knowledge and Skills

• An understanding of a wide range of physical conditions or willingness to learn.
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions.
• Be able to undertake frequent standing, kneeling, crouching, hoisting and other moving and handling procedures Regularly move and handle clients that may require moderate physical effort, in confined spaces and often unsuitable environments, using relevant practical experience, equipment and skills that enable optimum safety and best practice.
• Ability to complete basic wound care and clinical observations

Other

• A passion to learn new therapy skills to support clients
• Willing to work to meet the needs of the service (to include weekends, bank holidays)
• Holds a full UK Drivers licence and access to a vehicle to use for work purposes

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.

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