Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Long Stratton, United Kingdom - Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

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Long Stratton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the first Community Trust to be awarded 'Outstanding' in the most recent CQC inspection? Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are an integrated NHS and Social Care Trust offering opportunities for a Community Assistant Practitioner in the therapy team in South Norfolk.

We have an opportunity to work in the community within the therapy team based at Long Stratton Health Centre, Long Stratton with an expectation to work across the South Locality if and when required.

This will be a part time substantive post of 22.5 hours per week

Clinical support will be provided by the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy registered staff, along with attendance at and contribution to in-service training.

There is also support and development through regular appraisals, a personal development plan and regular formal supervision.

You will also be expected to work at the Hub in Wymondham on a regular basis gaining experience in triage duties alongside community work.

You will be required to work 3 days per week, between Monday and Friday, and be motivated, with excellent communication skills.

There will be a need for you to provide your own transport to and from your home to your base and patient's homes and care homes.

NCHC have electronic patient records and there is an expectation that you will be a mobile worker using a laptop to enable you to work with your patients and record their care during the clinical consultation where appropriate.

You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.

Key Areas of Responsibility

To contribute to the delivery of care packages for patients with long term conditions,

palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and
independence where possible.

To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to

provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical

The post holder will:

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.
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.

Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and 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.
Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patient's cooperation in their treatment/care/management plan.
Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care

professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.
Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.
Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers, passive exercises.
Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained appropriately.
Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.
Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.
Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent, and gain consent as appropriate following department policy.
Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning specialist equipment and general