Band 4 Assistant Practitioner

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

In-house and external training

Career progression

27–33 days holiday + bank holidays

Staff physiotherapy service

Gym membership

NHS discounts

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking staff to support service users in Early Intervention in Psychosis and social recovery. The role includes facilitating groups, visiting service users at home, and supporting individuals with complex mental health needs within a clinical team.

Based at Northgate Hospital with travel across Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas, you will be part of a values-driven Trust.

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree level qualification in a health-related field.
• Commitment to safeguarding and patient-centred care.
• Willingness to travel within the Great Yarmouth area for community visits.

Responsibilities

• Support service users in delivering Early Intervention in Psychosis interventions.
• Assist with the delivery of drop-in groups and individual goal setting.
• Be an active member of the clinical team under supervision to ensure quality services.
• Provide home visits and community-based support as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Empathy

Education

Foundation Degree

Job description

To support service users in the delivery of a range Early Intervention in Psychosis interventions, including a focus on social recovery, supporting our drop in group, supporting people with complex mental health problems with their goals. Depending on your experience and appropriate training and Banding, the role might include supporting people with physical health interventions. The role includes supporting groups, seeing service users in their home and at mental health bases. If you are passionate about supporting service users who are experiencing psychosis and want to make an important contribution, we look forward to hearing from you. We actively encourage visits to meet the team or discuss the role., Responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the clinical team for providing quality services for an identified client group under the supervision of a registered professional.

Having undertaken a Foundation Degree level qualification will maintain, develop and evidence clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at all opportunities and through the competency framework. Demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers.

We are based at Northgate Hospital, but cover the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area, including Lowestoft and Beccles and regularly need to travel and support people in their communities., Our Trust values of Team, Accountability, Learn and Kind sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.

There are endless opportunities available, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our team on a permanent basis. We understand that to attract the best people, we need to develop career pathways and support staff to reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other. In addition, we also offer the following benefits:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• gym membership
• NHS discounts and many more.