Job Summary
This new role within our Nottingham North and East Community Therapy Team.
The service supports individuals to thrive in their own environment – whether that be via preventing admissions and increasing skills to support independence or offering support and rehabilitation following hospital admission.
This role is key to the success of the team and will work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and support workers to deliver the highest quality goal- focused rehabilitation.
The service is a 7 day service with operational hours between 8am and 6pm. Weekends and later finishing shifts are scheduled via a rota.
The role of the assistant practitioner is patient facing, delivering assessments once competencies have been completed. Goal focused treatment plans are created and progressed. Each AP caseload manages as small non complex caseload – will support from a qualified clinician. While the ‘home team’ will be based in NNE – there may be need to work outside of this locality – as determined by patient need.
Main duties of the job
The role is primarily concerned with creating and delivering goal focused treatment plans. Our client group is very varied and while it is mainly older adults – the service supports those over 18 years old – with functional difficulties. The role is diverse and a competency framework in in place to support skill acquisition to enable the delivery of this care. Care delivery also occurs in a clinic environment and maintaining accurate records and supporting the wider team to safely manage the waiting lists is a key part of this role.
This role requires excellent communication skills both digital and verbal and a confidant manner when speaking to the public.
You will be required to have some knowledge and experience of working with people older adults and be able to offer support and care to them whilst they are treated by the service.
You need to be able to work effectively within a team whilst being supported by registered staff.
We welcome insight visits and will be as flexible as possible.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Foundation degree or equivalent e.g. accredited CPD units
Training
Essential
- Good communication
- Previous MDT working
- Evidence of recent CPD
Desirable
- Good verbal and IT skills with a willingness to learn
Experience
Essential
- Experience of community health multidisciplinary working
- Experience of working with clients with a range of health conditions e.g long term conditions, falls, neurology, frailty, healthcare of the elderly, general medical and surgery within a rehabilitation context
- Experience of managing own work in a team setting
- Experience working with individuals or groups in an organized and purposeful way
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients at high risk of falls
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Previous experience within a non-acute therapy service
Skills
Essential
- Ability to contribute to team working
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise and plan workload
- Ability to initiate and sustain a purposeful professional relationship
Contractual requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
- Able to travel to various Trust sites if the service needs.
Values and behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Physical requirements
Essential
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of community care and objectives and practices
- Understanding of role of intermediate care and social services
- Familiarity with the role of relevant agencies (e.g. health and housing)
- Understanding of need and risk in relation to community care
- Understanding of the concepts of single assessments and care planning
- Understanding of the roles and skills of the members of the MDT
- Awareness of a range of minor daily living equipment and adaptations
- Experience of rehabilitation and promoting independence
- Understanding of and commitment to supporting equality and valuing diversity
Desirable
- Awareness of the main issues in service delivery affecting service users
- Ability to empower patients / service users and enable them to live as independently as possible
- Ability to undertake standard and specialist assessments
- Ability to work in partnership with patients / service users and carers
- Ability to manage caseload independently
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 28 December 2025
