Urgent Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner – Home Care

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

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.