Community Assistant Practitioner - Central Norfolk Home First Hub

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norwich is seeking an experienced Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join the Central Norfolk Home First Hub. The role involves triaging therapy referrals and supporting discharge to assess pathways across a 7-day operation, including home and care home visits.

You will work within an integrated multidisciplinary team and rotate across community settings, working closely with OT, Physio, SW colleagues, and Integrated Care Coordinators.

Qualifications

• Experienced and reliable Therapy Assistant Practitioner to support the Central Norfolk Home First Hub.
• Triage of therapy referrals for patients discharged from acute and community hospitals.
• Telephone assessments and review of individuals' abilities living at home or in care homes after discharge.
• Therapy visits in the community to complete initial assessments and treatments.
• Familiarity with Systmone, TCES Medequip, Liquid Logic (training provided).
• Ability to prioritise workload, communicate effectively, work in a team, and use initiative.

Responsibilities

• Triage referrals for Discharge to Assess pathways and allocate referrals.
• Deliver high standards of care and plan, implement and evaluate packages of care in patients' homes, care homes, and clinics.
• Facilitate early discharge and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams and statutory/non-statutory agencies for integrated care.

Job description

Community Assistant Practitioner - Central Norfolk Home First Hub

Company:

Company: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

A Vacancy at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust.

The Central Norfolk Home First Hub is recruiting

Do you have excellent interpersonal and clinical skills?Are you flexible, approachable and a team player?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Norwich Therapy Teams. We are looking for an experienced and reliable Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join us in providing high quality therapy services. Primarily, the role is to provide support to the Central Norfolk Home First Hub which covers the Norwich, South and North places and will involve working across a 7 day week. There will be opportunities to maintain clinical competencies by supporting work in the community which would include community home visits.

The Central Norfolk Home First Hub is operational during the following hours Monday to Friday 08.00 – 18.00, Saturday 09.00 – 17.00, Sunday 10.00 – 16.00.

If you thrive on variety in the working day, enjoy multi–tasking and also being part of a supportive team then this role is for you.

*Please note, we can only offer face to face interviews. We are unable to offer interviews remotely.

You will use your clinical skills and knowledge to complete the triage of therapy referrals for individuals being discharged from both acute and community hospitals. The role will include telephone assessments and review of individuals abilities living in their own homes or in care homes following discharge, and arranging appropriate therapy intervention.

The role will also include therapy visits in the community where you will complete initial assessments and treatments for patients in their own homes/care homes.

Ideally you will be familiar with these clinical databases; Systmone, TCES Medequip, Liquid Logic though training will be provided.

As an Assistant Practitioner it is essential that you can prioritise your own workload, possess effective communication skills, work as part of a team, and use your own initiative.

The Central Norfolk Home First Hub is an integrated multidisciplinary team of health and social care staff. It consists of clinical leads, practice consultants, OT's Physio's, SW's, Therapy Assistant Practitioners and Social Care Assistant Practitioners. It is also supported by Integrated Care Coordinators and Business Support.

The successful applicants will be supported within the team and receive regular supervision.

• To support the Central Norfolk Home First Hub Service with triage of referrals for patients on Discharge to Assess pathways, assessing the patient’s needs, determining the priority of care, processing and allocating referrals accordingly, liaising with multidisciplinary team to ensure timely responses to referrals on an individual patient needs-based basis utilising the knowledge, skills and expertise of others in the Integrated team
• To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community, Community Hospitals and clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care
• To work within a reablement philosophy, using strengths based assessments and actively promoting independence for the patients.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To work, liaise and communicate with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users on the Discharge to Assess pathway and in community teams.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust