Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

Are you:

• Ready for a new challenge,
• Driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations,
• Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future

Do you want to:

• Learn in a fast-paced hospital setting,
• Grow your knowledge about equipment provision and your clinical skills,
• Work with the Medical Team with an opportunity to collaborate with both internal and external multidisciplinary partners
• Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and welcoming team.

Main duties of the job

Upon completion of your competencies, you will:

• Assist in the assessment and treatment of patients with guidance from a qualified staff
• Assist in the assessment, provision and installation of equipment
• Assist in completing onward community referrals
• Contribute to the planning and implementation of therapy programs
• Participate in training, supervision and appraisal

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assist in the provision of care to patients, supported and supervised by a qualified therapist.
• Carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction/supervision and prescription of individual exercise programmes), delegated by qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, manual therapy skills, as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
• To take handover and undertake discharge planning
• To manage a specified patient caseload, to include patients with complex rehabilitation goals
• To provide high quality group exercise sessions to patients and conduct Gym induction sessions to patients
• To provide and order patient equipment from NRS (or equivalent supplier) within set competencies or as directed by an appropriate qualified therapist
• Participate in continued personal development
• To contribute in the induction and training of new therapy staff, therapy students and other non-qualified health care staff within the therapy team
• To order and monitor stock of disposable therapy equipment.
• To contribute to the supervision and training of other therapy assistants