Therapy Assistant Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

Job Summary

Here in the Discharge to Assess Pathway 1 Team we have fantastic opportunities for Assistant Practitioners looking for the next step in their career.

We have 4 small friendly teams across Lincolnshire comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Pharmacy Technician, Lead Assistant Practitioners, Promoting Independence Therapy Assistants and Promoting Independence Care Assistants.

In our Pathway 1 Team, we follow the patient home and see them within 2 hours of their discharge. We listen to the patient of what matters most to them with regard to their personal and social circumstances, their physical, mental and emotional health and their carer’s needs. This will include exercise programmes for their physical and mental wellbeing, recommending and providing the correct equipment, proactive work with patients to encourage independent living, educating patients on self-management of their health and wellbeing such understanding frailty symptoms and the importance of staying well physically and mentally for falls prevention, and so much more.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Being part of our Team, you will be supporting assessments and reviews within a given Team, but also closely working with colleagues across other teams within the service.

You will be working in a patient centred manner, enabling individuals to regain independence with care needs and meeting therapy goals.

You will form part of the service’s leadership team, supporting patient planning, staff management and service development.

We welcome new creative, resourceful, and innovative ideas. You will support growth within the team, as well as accomplishing personal growth. As a service we value development of all staff with opportunities for both the registered and unregistered workforce.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Assistant Practitioner degree or equivalent
  • 5 GCSEs including English at grade C or equivalent
  • Relevant clinical knowledge acquired through training

Desirable

  • Moving and handling training

Skills/competencies

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise own workload, including dealing with non-routine and the unpredictable nature of the workload.
  • Demonstrate ability to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate and working within identified competency frameworks.
  • An understanding of the scope of the role of the assistant practitioner in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service.
  • Understanding of evidenced based practice.
  • Ability to motivate and negotiate with patients and their carers.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • In depth understanding of disability and loss of independence.
  • Understanding of the role of the multi- disciplinary team.
  • Experience of working with adults within health and social care.
  • An understanding of rehab and promoting independence.
  • Basic IT literacy.

Special attributes

Essential

  • Willing to undertake further education, training and development relevant to the post.
  • Ability to work without direct supervision but with the guidance of a registered therapist.
  • Ability to travel as service delivery will be completed in areas not accessible by public transport.
  • Experience of building partnerships with outside agencies and volunteers.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 October 2024

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