Healthcare Assistant - Outpatients

TN United Kingdom; Burnley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Trainee Assistant Practitioner in a leading healthcare organization. This role will immerse you in the Integrated Stroke Rehabilitation Therapy Service, where you'll gain hands-on experience while completing a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care. You'll support a dedicated team of therapists, assisting in the rehabilitation of stroke patients across various settings. This position not only offers professional growth through mentorship but also contributes to meaningful patient outcomes. If you're passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this is the perfect role for you!

Qualifications

• GCSE in English/Maths or equivalent required.
• Completed Care Certificate and experience in health care.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified therapists in assessing and treating stroke patients.
• Deliver therapy interventions and support patient independence.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Therapeutic interventions

Assessment skills

Teamwork

Education

GCSE Grade 4 or above in English/Maths

Care Certificate

NVQ level 3 in health and social care

Job description

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Healthcare Assistant - Outpatients, Burnley

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Client:

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Burnley, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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3

Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Trainee Assistant Practitioner to join our Integrated Stroke Rehabilitation Therapy Service. The position gives you the opportunity to complete a Foundation Degree in Health and social Care (Assistant Practitioner) via an apprenticeship route. On successful completion of the 2-year course you will move into a band 4 position.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic candidate, preferably someone who has previously worked within the rehabilitation setting, studied to NVQ level 3 in health and social care or at an equivalent academic level, and you must be competent in IT systems.

You will be working across the stroke therapies pathway supporting Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists treating patients on the acute stroke unit at Blackburn Hospital, Inpatient stroke rehab & Community stroke team both based at Pendle Community Hospital. Access to a vehicle is essential to commute between patient visits.

Qualified Assistant Practitioners are encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

You will assist in the delivery of specialist rehabilitation supporting qualified therapists in assessing and treating patients with a new diagnosis of stroke.

You will be required to undertake skilled support work from referrals screened by a member of the rehab team. This may include gathering information for assessments, implementing treatment programmes, and making recommendations for equipment and minor adaptations. You will use technical and creative skills in the provision of therapeutic activities for individual patients and will be responsible for evaluating and amending treatment programmes and interventions with guidance from the therapist.

Assistant Practitioners take responsibility for their own caseload within a broad framework laid out by a qualified therapist. The post holder will be responsible for delivering defined therapy input without direct supervision; but will have immediate access to a therapist for advice and direction as required.

The work will take place in a variety of settings including within the inpatient stroke units, care homes and patient’s own homes. The post holder may work as a lone worker in the community therefore will need to follow the lone worker policy.

Working for our organisation

As part of the stroke rehabilitation team, you will be based at one of our hospital sites which include Pendle Community Hospital and Royal Blackburn Hospital. Our community stroke rehabilitation team work across East Lancashire visiting patients in a variety of clinical settings. Our integrated therapies team has a strong link with an AHP Professor in neurorehabilitation and stroke as such we are actively involved in a variety of research projects.

We have a robust supervision and annual appraisal structure along with offering in house training to support the clinical development of our staff. As a trainee AP you will have an assigned mentor who will provide support over the 2yr foundation degree programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Organise and deliver a complete episode of therapy intervention as screened and delegated by a qualified therapist and as defined by currently agreed stroke rehabilitation pathways.

You will use technical and therapeutic skills to promote patient independence. As part of the MDT you will also support the team in the delivery of other therapy sessions such as group work or virtual therapy sessions.

You will also be required to support with general administrative procedures such as collecting patient information, completing referrals onto other services, ordering equipment and other tasks delegated by therapists within the team.

You will formulate appropriate treatment goals with the patient and support in the delivery of therapy intervention working towards these specific goals.

You will work across the East Lancashire locality contributing to the 7-day stroke rota. This will include working Saturday or Sunday as part of a rota basis.

For further details on the position please refer to the attached job description.

Person specification

Application and Interview

• GCSE Grade 4 or above in English/ Maths or equivalent
• Completed Care Certificate
• Have worked within health care and have experienced of carrying out assessments and/or therapeutic interventions
• Organisational skills including the ability to manage own workload
• Value difference, diversity and inclusion and ensure fairness for all
• Able to work effectively as part of a dedicated team
• Access to private vehicle to be able to travel across ELHT sites, including to patient's usual place of residence, where required
• Able to undertake moving and handling tasks
• Previous experience of working in stroke or neuro