Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To carry out client assessment as agreed with senior Therapist and provide feedback on clients' performance and skills deficits
• To work with designated clients on caseload to identify and agree treatment goals based on assessment outcomes, discussing the complex interaction of risk, safety, client choice, independence, areas of conflict and eligibility for services with the referring therapist prior to goal setting
• To provide client instruction, adjusting own clinical interventions based on clients needs during the intervention and evaluating effectiveness, discussing programme modification with the involved therapists.
• To carry out client treatment and ongoing rehabilitation as agreed with the referring therapist and as per service protocol and feedback on clients' functional performance.
• To review and reflect on practice and identify areas for self-development through participation in the annual appraisal system and regular clinical and professional supervision.
• To attend and participate in the in-service education programme.
• To attend courses to enable achievement of appraisal objectives and to share this knowledge with peers on return.
• To assist in the induction and education of new staff, students and work experience students.
• To attend and actively participate in the Support Staff Development group and other relevant meetings.

Person specification

Educational and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to A Level / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• High National Certificate in health and social care or equivalent
• Evidence of patient handling knowledge

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a NHS hospital or health care setting
• Experience of working as a therapy or other health/social care assistant role
• Experience working with people who have acute health conditions or frailty

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in social care or teaching setting
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of managing an independent caseload of patients

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• The ability to clinically reason the application of appropriate assessment and intervention techniques in a variety of clinical settings with support from qualified therapist
• The ability to develop discharge plans in line with local discharge processes with support from qualified therapist
• The ability to work on own initiative and within a team
• The ability to deliver rehabilitation programs in line with prescribing therapist
• Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Computer literacy skills

Desirable criteria

• DemonstrateS knowledge of basic equipment and home adaptations

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Commitment to own development and learning
• Awareness of own limitations
• Ability to work well in a challenging environment and under pressure within set time frames
• Commitment to patient confidentiality, data protection and diversity

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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