Associate Assistant Practitioner

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bradley Stoke; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust's AAC WEST team is recruiting an Associate Assistant Practitioner to support in preparing communication aids prescribed for active patients. This development post sits within the Bristol Enablement Service (BCE) and is fully supported by experienced AAC assistants and registered clinicians.

It is a non-patient facing role. This role requires a confident computer user who can manage their own workload, with duties including programming communication aids, equipment

Qualifications

• Experience with specialist software to prepare vocabularies and communication aids.
• Ability to manage workload with minimal supervision.
• Good telephone communication and teamwork within clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Communication Aid Programming: prepare high and low tech resources using specialist software.
• Equipment Preparation: prep equipment for assessments and training sessions.
• Telephone support to patients and support networks regarding loaned devices.
• Assist in delivery of training sessions for staff and patients.

Skills

Computer literacy

Job description

AAC WEST are looking to recruit an Associate Assistant Practitioner to join their busy clinical team to support in the preparation of communication aids that have been prescribed for active patients on the service case load. This role will be based from the Bristol Enablement Service (BCE) and as a development post, will be fully supported by a team of experienced AAC assistants and registered clinicians.It is a non patient facing role. The successful candidate will be a confident computer user who enjoys managing their own workload. The main duties of the job are as follows:

• Communication Aid Programming- Preparing both high and low tech communication resources using specialist software to collate vocabularies which are provided by and on behalf of patients on the caseload
• Equipment Preparation - Preparing equipment for clinical team to take to assessments and training sessions
• To offer telephone support to patients and their support teams in the region on devices which have been loaned
• To assist in the delivery of training sessions

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.