Assistant Practitioner (OT & PT)

NHS National Services Scotland; Buckhaven; Sur place; GBP 23 000 - 28 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NHS National Services Scotland is seeking an assistant practitioner to support the Community Rehabilitation Team in Levenmouth. You will work with Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff to deliver therapeutic programmes in patients' own homes, helping prevent hospital admissions and enabling early discharge.

The role requires an HNC/HND in Health and Social Care or SCQF level 8 and prior experience as a therapy support worker, preferably with older adults.

Qualifications

• Essential experience as a therapy support worker.
• Experience working with older people is essential.

Responsabilités

• Deliver therapeutic treatment programmes in patients' own homes as part of the Community Rehabilitation Team.
• Hold own caseload, assess, progress and discharge autonomously within parameters.

Formation

HNC/HND in Health and Social Care or SCQF level 8

Description du poste

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

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.

Patient’s are seen in their own home therefore the ability to visit patients in a timely manner including equipment delivery is essential for this community post

Interviews will be held face to face.

Informal Enquiries: Morag Scott, Occupational Therapy Team Lead or Gayle White Physiotherapy Team Lead on 01592 717823

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

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.

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.

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.

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