Community Assistant Practitioner - Therapy

NHS Jobs; North Walsham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Assistant Practitioner in Therapy to join their team. The post involves assessing patients, delivering and monitoring treatments under supervision, and developing activity plans tailored to individual needs.

The role requires recording in patient records and using SystmOne daily, with clear communication to GPs and other professionals. You will work mainly on your own tasks with clinical support and participate in

Responsibilities

• Assess patients with straightforward requirements based on predetermined department protocols.
• Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
• Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
• Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.
• Prepare for and develop individual/group activities to meet defined intervention needs.
• Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.
• Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.
• Make basic judgements on patients' response to prescribed treatment, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
• Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these are documented in personal work diary.
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
• Where there are barriers to understanding, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patients co-operation in their treatment/care/management plan.
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. GoldStandard Framework.
• Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.
• Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers, passive exercises.
• Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained appropriately. Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
• Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.
• Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent, and gain consent as appropriate following department policy.
• Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning specialist equipment and general house keeping tasks.
• Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks, such as answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data.
• Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
• Demonstrate basic IT and standard keyboard skills.

Job description

Community Assistant Practitioner - Therapy

The post holder will:

• 1. Assess patients with straightforward requirements based on predetermineddepartment protocols.
• 2. Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinicalareas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
• 3. Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditionsunder the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
• 4. Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying aqualified practitioner accordingly.
• 5. Prepare for and develop individual/group activities to meet defined intervention needs.
• 6. Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpectedchanges.
• 7. Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.
• 8. Make basic judgements on patients response to prescribed treatment, and reportfindings to a qualified practitioner.
• 9. Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these are documentedin personal work diary.
• 10. Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputtingis completed on a daily basis.
• 11. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mentalcapacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations requireadjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• 12. Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patients co-operationin their treatment/care/management plan.
• 13. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionalsand the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co‑ordinatedappropriately.
• 14. To participate in multi‑disciplinary/multi‑agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. GoldStandard Framework.
• 15. Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance,tact and empathy.
• 16. Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients,carers and other health care professionals.
• 17. Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients whereaccuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers,passive exercises.
• 18. Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following appropriate training,and that it is maintained appropriately.Page | 419. Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic orderingsystems.
• 20. Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support andsupervision by a qualified practitioner.
• 21. Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.
• 22. Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent, and gain consent asappropriate following department policy.
• 23. Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning specialistequipment and general house keeping tasks.
• 24. Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks, such as, answering telephones,arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data.
• 25. Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis,therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
• 26. Demonstrate basic IT and standard keyboard skills.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust