Community Associate Therapy Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (will include weekends and Bank Holidays and a shift pattern that includes 8am starts and 8pm finishes)
Job ref 319-6948313IO
Site CBX Business Centre Town Wallsend
Salary £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/03/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients?
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes.
This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic developing team and be at the cutting edge of delivering acute care to patients in their own home.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will begin as an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor and will work with the therapists within the team to achieve the competencies required to progress to the Band 4 role, within an expected 6-9 month period.
* To work within the Homesafe and Care Point Teams supporting the Discharge & Intermediate Care Services across Northumberland and North Tyneside.
* To work under the direct and indirect supervision of a qualified member of staff to implement treatment programmes for individual patients.
* To carry out basic assessment and treatment of non-complex patients as delegated by the registered therapists or nursing staff within the team.
* To assist registered therapists or nursing staff within the team in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.
* To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the therapy teams in the efficient delivery of rehabilitation to specialty area within the framework of clinical governance.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or the willingness to complete within 12 months of employment or equivalent experience/and or qualifications
* Education to GCSE or equivalent
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
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