Community Support Practitioner - Stroke Team
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area: Community Support Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 28 hours per week (Mon-Fri, with future consideration to move to 7 day working)
Job ref: 338-6906028-25
Site: Scarborough Community Services
Town: Scarborough
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.
Job overview
We are looking for a Band 3 Stroke Rehabilitation Assistant with relevant experience delivering rehabilitation programmes, to work collaboratively within the Community Stroke Service across the Scarborough and Ryedale locality.
We provide assessment and rehabilitation within the community setting for adults, from 18 years upwards who have had a Stroke. We work closely with professionals, services, and agencies across the whole Stroke pathway.
You would be part of a small, dedicated, knowledgeable multi-disciplinary stroke team. You will have regular supervision and training opportunities and be supported in your development by experienced staff members. You will be joining the team at an exciting time of service development towards implementing the National Service Model for an Integrated Community Stroke Service, with a focus on creating a robust early supported stroke discharge service. You will have the opportunity to develop clinical skills and knowledge, operational awareness, and contribute to service improvement.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to support with the provision of a seamless Stroke service from the local acute hospitals into the community. You will be carrying out treatment programmes with our community stroke patients which have been created by qualified therapists (Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists). Your role will include ordering and provision of equipment as directed by our Band 4 Assistant Practitioner and qualified therapists. You will support with duties including booking and arranging appointments, assisting with data collection, and ordering of supplies for the service.
Applicants should have a strong value base and promote holistic person-centred care. Previous experience of working within Stroke services and community experience would be advantageous. Additional specific training can be provided.
The post holder needs to be flexible, enthusiastic, have good time management skills, confident IT skills, and work well in a team as well as independently. A car driver and access to own vehicle use with business use insurance is essential as this is a community-based role.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.
We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* NVQ III in health or social care or equivalent knowledge and experience
* Working knowledge of mental and Physical health issues
Skills and Competencies
* Able to plan and prioritise effectively and efficiently
* Able to demonstrate excellent all-round customer service skills.
* Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.
Experience
* Experience of working with or providing support to the general public
* Experience of using a range of MS Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc.
* Experience of working within a healthcare environment or service delivering stroke rehabilitation.
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.
If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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