Assistant Practitioner - Neuro Rehabilitation

North West Borough Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

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Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool invites applications for a Therapy Assistant Practitioner with a special interest in neuro rehabilitation to join our Community Neuro Rehab Team. You will work with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to support adults living with neurological conditions in their homes.

Join a large North West trust delivering specialist inpatient and community services, with a commitment to high quality, equitable care and ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree or equivalent work-based experience.
• Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care.
• Experience of NHS health care delivery.
• Clinical governance and risk management.
• Active involvement in professional development and teamwork.
• Desirable knowledge of developing self-care skills in patients.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and implement individualised programmes of care within the role's competencies.
• Work collaboratively to deliver local and national health priorities.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions in line with national standards and Trust policies.
• Support colleagues and patients with compassion and courage as their advocate.
• Be accountable for own clinical practice.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers across diverse backgrounds.
• Lead health promotion activities and support long-term condition management.
• Participate in supervisions, mandatory training and audits.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Risk assessment

Ability to travel

Education

Foundation Degree or equivalent

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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We are looking for a Therapy Assistant Practitioner with a special interest and extensive experience in neuro rehabilitation to join our Liverpool Community Neuro Rehab Team.

Our team is a specialist integrated team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, working together to provide intervention for adults in the community setting covering the Liverpool footprint.

If you're passionate in helping patients living with neurological conditions, this is an exciting opportunity to support them to maximise independence, function and quality of life within their own homes.

We would encourage applications from individuals who share our commitment to delivering outstanding patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Assess, plan and implement individualised programmes of care within the skills and competencies expected of the role
• Work collaboratively within the team and with other providers to deliver local and national health priorities and objectives
• Deliver therapeutic interventions in line with national quality and standards and Trust policies.
• Actively support work colleagues and patients with compassion and courage acting as at their advocate and champion
• Be accountable for own clinical practice
• Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of commination to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communication
• Lead on health promotion
• Support clinical staff in managing long term conditions
• Participate in supervisions, development sessions, undertake all relevant mandatory training
• Participate in audits as required by the organisation
• Travel across the footprint of the organisation

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.

Previous candidates need not apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Foundation Degree or equivalent or equivalent work based experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care
• Experience of previous work in NHS health care.
• Clinical Governance and Risk Management
• Actively Involved in professional development
• Team working

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of developing self care skills in patients/clients

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies.
• Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication
• Organisational and interpersonal skills
• Risk Assessment
• Ability to travel, for work purposes

Values

Essential criteria

• Committed to making improvements to services for the benefit of all.
• Ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care.
• Treat others with supportive and inclusiveness.
• Demonstrate passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
• Proactive support offer to others with compassion and courage.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.