Assistant Practitioner

NHS Scotland; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public Holidays

Supervision & PDP

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Support for disabled candidates

Sponsorship possibility

Job summary

NHS Scotland is recruiting an assistant practitioner to join Community Rehabilitation Teams delivering therapeutic programmes in service users' homes and in outpatient settings across Fife. The role involves autonomous caseload management in collaboration with OT and PT staff, with potential postings across Kirkcaldy and surrounding localities.

You will require an HNC/HND in Health and Social Care or SCQF level 8, with prior therapy support experience and a focus on older adults.

Qualifications

• Must have HNC/HND in Health and Social Care or SCQF level 8 (e.g. Postural Stability Instructor).
• Experience as a therapy support worker is essential.
• Experience of working with older people is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in their own homes.
• Hold own caseload, assess, progress and discharge within parameters.
• Work with Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff as part of the Community Rehabilitation Team.
• May be required to work at other community hospital sites.

Skills

Therapy support

Older people care

Independent worker

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

HNC/HND in Health and Social Care

SCQF level 8

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant practitioner to join our Community Rehabilitation Teams in Kirkcaldy.

The Community Rehabilitation Teams provide a service to the adult population within the various localities. This will be delivered to service users within their own home or when deemed essential as an out-patient.

The primary function of this role will be to work with the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff as part of the Community Rehabilitation Team to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. The post holder will also be expected to hold their own caseload, assess, progress and discharge autonomously within parameters.

You will have an HNC/HND in Health and Social Care or equivalent or SCQF level 8 e.g. Postural Stability Instructor or equivalent. Experience working as a therapy support worker would be essential. It would be essential to have experience working with older people as they are the main group of service users referred.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team you will be expected to have excellent organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within the team.

There may be occasions where you will be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites.

• Public Holiday working is in operation.
• Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and supports training opportunities.
• We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Interviews will be held face to face.

Bases are to be determined, but will cover throughout Fife and it would be useful to note areas of work preference on the application eg Dunfermline locality/Glenrothes locality.

Informal Enquiries: Claire Dumbreck, Occupational Therapy Team Lead or Katrina Marshall, Physiotherapy Team Lead, Telephone [phone]

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundin the government website.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.