Community Associate Therapy Practitioner
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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.
The Community Response Service team facilitates early discharges from hospital, who otherwise would have stayed in hospital due to therapy needs, and provide rehab for up to 2 weeks to meet the short-term goals for them to be able to remain at home. They work with the virtual ward teams and other teams within Community Response Service to provide assessments to those who are at risk of hospital admission.
You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team and have opportunities to work individually and with Physiotherapists, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, and other Associate Therapy Practitioners.
This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.
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.
Job responsibilities
* To manage a patient caseload referred by the registered therapists or nursing staff within the team according to specific criteria.
* To treat patients according to set protocols, monitoring patient progress, modifying and progressing patient programs as required, with referral back to MDT as/when appropriate.
* To implement, modify, and upgrade treatment programmes and work independently within defined parameters.
* To undertake complex/non-complex walking aid assessments.
* To identify any changes in patients' conditions and be aware of the need to summon assistance when appropriate.
* To assist colleagues in facilitating a multi-disciplinary discharge planning process.
* To demonstrate time management skills by day-to-day planning, organizing, and completing all clinical and administrative duties including statistical record keeping.
* To be responsible for administrative duties as required and delegated, including the extraction of relevant information from patients' medical records for use within patients' records.
* To record patient treatment in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with trust standards.
* To work to the standards of individual clinical areas and to ensure the background knowledge is acquired through independent learning and collaboration with senior staff.
* To arrange patient appointments & ambulance bookings as appropriate.
* To participate and support a 7-day service covering hours of 8-8.
* To assemble and dismantle equipment loaned out to clients.
* To participate in the in-service training programmes and continuing professional development activities as deemed appropriate by the team lead.
* To be flexible to the needs of service delivery and provide care across Northumberland and North Tyneside.
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.
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum
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