Main area Stroke Rehab Grade Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 months from start of employment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 828-PROVIDE3423
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Kestrel House Town Chelmsford Salary £25,147 - £27,596 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/03/2025 23:59
Therapy Associate Practitioner - Stroke Rehab
Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Stroke Rehabilitation Therapy Associate Practitioner (TAP) to support our well-established Early supported discharge (ESD) service. With the publication of the new Integrated community stroke service (ICSS) model we are looking to deliver transformation and strategic changes in community stroke rehabilitation and life after stroke services that can influence the wider pathway and outcomes in mid & south Essex. Successful candidates will have previous experience working in stroke in any of the following areas: Psychology, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language, or Health Care Assistant. They will also be passionate and motivated about enhancing the life of stroke survivors.
Full training and competency programme will be provided by a Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist and Nurses. You will be supported by registered staff in the team to enhance your knowledge in this field and your ability to support stroke survivors.
On completion of the competency programme, successful candidates will be able to manage their own non-complex caseload.
This is initially a 12-month project, which we are in the process of bidding for permanent funding for. This is not guaranteed and so the post is fixed-term at present.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual who has:
* Relevant experience in a health and social care setting and base level of Psychology/Occupational therapy/Physiotherapy knowledge
* Knowledge of patient/client conditions relevant to stroke community rehabilitation
* Ability to work under own direction
* Able to travel to meet the need of the role
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award-winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee-owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Work within a multidisciplinary framework, undertaking a key-working role for non-complex patients as triaged by registered staff.
* Liaise closely with medical, nursing, allied health professionals, social care, acute and voluntary sector staff to promote greater understanding of the service. Support staff in the delivery of therapeutic programmes on an individual basis or as a group. This will involve work from a variety of different disciplines with the post holder needing to prioritise and negotiate to ensure a manageable caseload is achieved in a timely manner.
* Implement, evaluate, and modify intervention as directed.
* Be responsible for a delegated non-complex caseload following assessment by the registered staff, carrying out interventions, including goal setting, outcomes, risk assessment and discharge. However, for complex patients, follow the treatment plan and feedback on progress to registered staff and highlight the need for re-assessment when needed.
* Monitor progress, taking account of the environment and adjust own clinical interventions accordingly.
* Undertake risk assessments as part of everyday clinical practice, complete relevant documentation and seek guidance as necessary.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Completed Associate Practitioner Course (Foundation Degree) or relevant experience
Circumstances
* Car Driver and access to vehicle
Experience
* Knowledge of relevant patient/client conditions
* Experience working with MDT
* Experience working in the community
FURTHER INFORMATION:
How will we contact you?
* All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
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Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
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We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant:
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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