Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Front Door Therapy Team

Job overview

Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Front Door Therapy Team

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group:  Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 4

Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Therapy Assistant Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The Therapy Assistant Practitioner will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, working closely with specialist nurses, therapists, consultants, ward nursing staff , community therapy services, discharge support teams and dietitians.

The successful post holder will be expected to work as part of an integrated therapy team, consisting of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants in order to provide excellent therapy care for patients admitted to the Trust's Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Units.

You should have a broad level of experience of working within the acute setting to apply for this role as the caseload can be very varied, however the majority of the caseload is falls assessments, interventions and prevention, admission avoidance and discharge planning and the majority of the patients you will see will have a range of co-morbidities  and long term conditions.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To accept patients delegated by a therapist or identified under a protocol, and carry as own patient caseload.

Treat patients according to set treatment protocols, monitoring patient progression, making alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.

Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing therapist of any problems.

This post holder will be expected to participate in six or seven day working patterns

Assist the therapist in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients using a range of physical therapy techniques