Assistant Practitioner - band 4

THE VISA JOBS; Crossgate; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community Health Service (LCHS) aims to recruit an Assistant Practitioner to join Adult Community Therapy across the South East locality (Spalding, Boston, Bourne and surrounding areas).

The role involves conducting holistic assessments in people’s homes or care homes, coordinating care with therapists and assistants to support rehabilitation and independence. Some travel across the county is required.

Qualifications

• Foundation degree or equivalent required.
• Therapy experience preferred but not essential.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess and treat patients in home or care home settings.
• Co-ordinate care with registered therapists and therapy assistants.
• Develop rehabilitation plans addressing physical, cognitive and social needs.

Skills

Communication

Travel ability

MDT collaboration

Education

Foundation degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner to join Adult Community Therapy around The South East locality ( Spalding, Boston, Bourne and Surrounding areas ). As a therapy focussed Assistant Practitioner you will complete assessments with people within their own home or care home settings to co-ordinate the care of patients working alongside registered therapists and therapy assistants to ensure their rehab and holistic needs are being met to maximise their levels of independence. To apply for this position, you must have a foundation degree or equivalent.

Main duties of the job

This position is to support patients on the adult community therapy caseload within their own homes or care home settings to address any therapy needs. You will need to deliver high quality patient centred care whilst working within an MDT arena and therefore have good communication skills. You will hold a caseload of patients and complete holistic assessments of the patients who come into our care and support with the identification of therapy needs . Therapy experience is preferred but not essential. You will need to have an ability to travel, around the county, but more locally around Lincoln and Gainsborough areas due the community nature of this position.

About Us

The Adult Community Therapy Team (ACT) within Lincolnshire Community Health Service (LCHS) is made up of Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Assistant Practitioners, Senior Therapy Assistants and Therapy Assistants. We receive referrals from other health and social care professionals for people who are have difficulty in managing their activities of daily living. We provide a rehabilitation service to these people to support them to live as independently as possible whilst working to their set goals. We offer regular clinical supervision, appraisals and in-service training to team members.

Job responsibilities

Independently assess, treat, review and discharge individuals utilising the Home First approach and work towards supporting people to meet their goalsTake account of a persons cognitive, psychological, social, sensory, perceptual, motor and medical aspects whilst developing a rehabilitation plan with the individual which is graded appropriatelySupport individuals to remain independent in a community setting utilising a person centred approach whilst taking account of the enablers, carers and relatives opinions.Work within a multi-disciplinary team of professionals to ensure peoples needs are holistically assessed and addressedReview and monitor plans with individuals and their support networks, making appropriate adjustments as necessaryProvide information on community services available to promote self-care activities and provide advice and support as required to access these servicesProtect individuals and their support network from harm and abuse as far as possible, liaising with other professionals and the safeguarding team whenever there are concernsMaintain a caseload of patients working alongside own competencies, experience and training whilst receiving supervision and guidance from a registered practitioner to develop skills and support with more complex casesTo support both acute and community hospital with discharge planning for individuals who will be transitioning into the care of Adult Community TherapyTo support the service in co-ordinating project development to improve patient flow by supporting and communicating with alternative services within the health and social care sector