Urgent Community Response Therapy Community Assistant Practitioner

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting for an Urgent Community Response Therapy Community Assistant Practitioner. The role focuses on providing support to the therapy team, covering admission avoidance, urgent referrals, discharge to assess and Home First Hub services, and will involve working across a 7-day week.

In the community, you will assess patients with physical needs and promote independence at home, using SystmOne and mediquip for record-keeping.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a desire to develop clinical skills.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and work as part of a team; use initiative.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the therapy team for admission avoidance, urgent therapy referrals, discharge to assess and Home First Hub services.
• Contribute to delivery of therapy care pathways for patients with long-term conditions and palliative care.

Tools

SystmOne

mediquip

Job description

Urgent Community Response Therapy Community Assistant Practitioner

Company:

Company: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

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:

• Contribute to the delivery of therapy care pathways for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and