About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Woodbridge Community Team. We are looking for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner who is passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated to delivering high quality care within patient's homes.
This is a full-time permanent contract, with pattern of work to be negotiated.
We are fortunate enough to be co-located with our nursing and social care colleagues.
This is an opportunity to work within a knowledgeable experienced team and wider MDT. You should be flexible, motivated and willing to work within a changing environment. We will provide support through in-service training and professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings as well as clinical rolling skills training via the practice development facilitators. We facilitate students on training and have close working relationships with neighbouring community teams in Health and Social Care.
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Main duties of the job
We are committed to patient centred care in the right place, at the right time and provide a comprehensive supervision and training programme with career progression opportunities within the clinical and managerial fields.
The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area.
Main Responsibilities:o To provide high standard patient care in patients homeso To ensure a more seamless flow for patient care between hospital and community settings, enabling patients to be cared for in their own home environment
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Can demonstrate intermediate level of theoretical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills acquired through coursework, in-house training and experience to NVQ Level 3 level or equivalent
Desirable
Membership or special interest in a community care and integration Assistant member of Professional group such as CSP or BAOT or working towards this
Experience Essential
Experience as a Therapy assistant or experience at a similar level in a related field of health care / health and fitness sector Demonstrable experience of delivering tailored personal care with an associated level of senior responsibility Knowledge of medical conditions and functional needs within community setting or similar context Completion of Integrated Therapies assistant core and/or specific competencies
Desirable
Knowledge of community resources and whole systems/ pathways approach to care Experience of working across and liaising with variety of teams. IT literate
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of specific treatment protocols for a wide range of health and social care conditions Able to maintain clinical records and complete basic reports. Ability to provide and receive complex and sensitive information Ability to exchange condition related information with multidisciplinary team, patients and carers Health & Safety and risk awareness Able to evidence ability to plan, prioritise and maintain own clinical caseload. Knowledge of role of therapy in Acute and Community Care Able to demonstrate role and duties to multidisciplinary community team colleagues. Able to delegate appropriate aspects of patient care to other support workers
Desirable
Understanding of the role and application of occupational therapy and physiotherapy Knowledge of occupational therapy (OT) and physiotherapy (PT) within the Community or Acute care settings Experience of group work with patients Ability to plan and deliver range of prescribed interventions Ability to prescribe and implement care programmes to facilitate timely discharge for patients Ability to support specialist OT / PT input to care programmes for complex patients as directed Understanding of the issues around hospital throughput especially around admission avoidance and early discharge Understanding of reablement in the ward and community setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Woodbridge Integrated Neighbourhood Team
Unit 7-9 Riduna Park
Melton
IP12 1QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)