Urgent Community Response Therapy Community Assistant Practitioner

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner to support the West Urgent Community Response Therapy Team in delivering high-quality therapy services in patients' homes across a 7-day week.

You will assess patients with physical needs, work with the MDT, use SystmOne, and follow established pathways. Supervision by Band 6 OT or Band 7 Physiotherapist; opportunities for ongoing professional development and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
• Work generically applying competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment pathway.
• Observe patients carrying out daily activities in their own homes as well as giving advice on equipment or methods they may use to make these tasks easier.
• Assist the patient with personal care as appropriate.
• Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.
• 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 on SystmOne.
• Ensure that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
• Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/rehabilitation and management plan.
• Liaise with the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and communicate with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector as required to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

Job description

A Vacancy at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. The West Urgent Community Response Therapy Team is recruiting Have you a passion for therapy and supporting people to remain in their own homes and achieve their optimum functional ability? Do you have excellent interpersonal and want to develop clinical skills? Are you flexible, approachable and a team player? An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our West Place Urgent Community Response Therapy Team. We are looking for individuals to join us in providing high quality therapy services within the team as a Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner. The role is to provide support to the therapy team covering admission avoidance, urgent therapy referrals, discharge to assess and Home First Hub services and will involve working across a 7-day week. In the community you will assess a variety of patients with physical needs and provide a holistic approach to maintaining their independence in their own homes Ideally you will be familiar with these clinical databases; SystmOne, and mediquip. As a Community Assistant Practitioner, it is essential that you can prioritise your own workload, possess effective communication skills, work as part of a team, and use own initiative. 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. The West Urgent Community Response Team is currently operational during the following hours Monday to Sunday 08.00 - 20:00 As part of the Urgent Community Response Team, you will be required to:

Supervision will be provided by Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Band 7 Clinical Lead Physiotherapist. We offer the opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team with opportunities for on-going professional development.

• Contribute to the delivery of therapy care pathways for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• Work within the Urgent Community Response Therapy Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• Work within the Urgent Community Response Therapy Team to support early discharge from hospital.
• Work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
• 1. Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
• 2. Work generically applying competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment pathway.
• 3. Observe patients carrying out daily activites in their own homes as well as giving advice on equipment or methods they may use to make these tasks easier.
• 4. Assist the patient with personal care as appropriate.
• 5. Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.
• 6. Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.
• 7. Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.
• 8. Make basic judgements on patients' response to prescribed treatment, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
• 9. Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these are documented on SystmOne.
• 10. Ensure that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
• 11. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• 12. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/rehabilitation and management plan.
• 13. Liaise with the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and communicate with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector as required to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. Applications from candidates requiring sponsorship to work in the UK cannot be considered.