Assistant Practitioner - band 4 | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust; Crossgate; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is recruiting an Assistant Practitioner to join Adult Community Therapy across the South East locality (Spalding, Boston, Bourne and surrounding areas).

You will carry out holistic assessments in patients' homes or care homes, coordinate care with registered therapists and therapy assistants, and help meet rehabilitation goals to maximise independence. Travel around the county is required.

Qualifications

• Foundation degree or equivalent is required.
• Therapy experience is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to travel around Lincolnshire and Gainsborough areas.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess, treat, review and discharge individuals using Home First approach.
• Complete holistic assessments in patients' homes or care home settings to identify therapy needs.
• Co-ordinate care with registered therapists and MDT colleagues to meet rehabilitation goals.
• Maintain a caseload and provide high quality, patient-centred care while supporting discharge planning.
• Provide information on community services and support access to these services.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Foundation degree or equivalent

Job description

Assistant Practitioner - band 4 | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

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Company: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

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.

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.

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.

Independently assess, treat, review and discharge individuals utilising the Home First approach and work towards supporting people to meet their goals

Take account of a person’s cognitive, psychological, social, sensory, perceptual, motor and medical aspects whilst developing a rehabilitation plan with the individual which is graded appropriately

Support 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 people’s needs are holistically assessed and addressed

Review and monitor plans with individuals and their support networks, making appropriate adjustments as necessary

Provide information on community services available to promote self-care activities and provide advice and support as required to access these services

Protect individuals and their support network from harm and abuse as far as possible, liaising with other professionals and the safeguarding team whenever there are concerns

Maintain 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 cases

To support both acute and community hospital with discharge planning for individuals who will be transitioning into the care of Adult Community Therapy

To 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

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust