Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Home Care Lead

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; North Walsham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join NN2 Community Nursing and Therapy Team in North Walsham. The post focuses on delivering home-based therapy and coordinating care across North Norfolk with a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

Experience at Band 4 level or higher is advantageous, and the team emphasizes a can-do attitude alongside Trust values of integrity, compassion, inclusion and ambition.

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.

Job description

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join NN2 Community Nursing and Therapy Team in North Walsham. The post focuses on delivering home-based therapy and coordinating care across North Norfolk with a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

Experience at Band 4 level or higher is advantageous, and the team emphasizes a can-do attitude alongside Trust values of integrity, compassion, inclusion and ambition.