Job summary
Our Health Reablement Teams are
seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Assistant Practitioner with a sound
knowledge and experience of working with complex, frail and older people.
CityCares Health Reablement
services deal with a wide range of cases, providing care and rehabilitation for
people presenting with a plethora of multi pathologies, as well as challenging
medical and social circumstances.
We are seeking an Assistant
Practitioner with a wide range of holistic health and social care skills and
experiences to complement our service. The team is dedicated to providing rehab
and assessment for patients who have been stepped down from hospital or stepped
up from the community into a CityCare Community bed.
You will be working
closely with Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurses as well as GPs,
District Nurses, Community Matrons, the acute trust and a range of Health and
Social Care Professionals.
Main duties of the job
The day to day role of the assistant Practitioner is to support the Clinical team to provide an effective and high standard level of care to the Individuals within our community Beds.
This can range from completing referrals, supporting with exercise interventions, creating care plans and joint working with Social care to ensure the right level of care is organised for the Individuals eventual discharge.
The aim of our service is to
facilitate timely and safe discharges from the community beds into the
appropriate discharge destination. We promote independence and through
rehabilitation and assessment, we strive to help our service users to achieve
their goals, however big or small.
Providing holistic assessments
and a range of skills within the AP competency framework, the Assistant
Practitioner will be expected to complete initial assessments and follow ups
within their competency framework and under the guidance and supervision of the
Clinical staff.
The hours of work will be 8am -10pm
on a Rota basis. The Service operates 7 days per week, 365 days per year
For the successful applicants we can offer a defined contribution pension scheme, flexible working, regular supervision and support and career development opportunities.
The post holder will be a car driver with a full, current driving licence.
About us
We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, Nottingham
CityCare Partnership CIC exists to support the health and wellbeing of all
local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this.
We are a values driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our
vision and social purpose is to build healthier communities and our values of
integrity, expertise, unity and enterprise lie at the heart of everything we
do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently
deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add
social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to
make a difference in peoples lives.
CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive
workforce. Our primary objective during the recruitment process is to ensure we
recruit the best candidate for the position and we strive to reflect the
community we serve. Therefore, we encourage applications from candidates who
identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME)
background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.
CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive
about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a
different format please contact Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is
committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To work alongside Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Rehabilitation Support Workers to provide assessment and treatment intervention to people within the Nottingham City community beds. Supporting people to regain independence through rehabilitation and aid in assessment to identify and support appropriate destinations for patients onward care.
- To support the work of the clinicians, providing assessments of needs, and working across professional boundaries and within legislation, policies and procedures and core values.
- To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner working with supervision.
Dimensions
- You will be working in a variety of community settings largely the community beds sites but also including clients own homes, following treatment plans, completing assessments and referrals to aid the recovery and appropriate discharge of patients that are in the community beds.
- You will participate actively in the services training strategy, including in-service training and multi-agency training.
- Working in conjunction with and under supervision of senior clinical professionals.
- Able to fulfil physical demands of role, including manual handling applications.
- Will be required to travel city-wide for visits/meetings.
- To participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs where applicable.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
- To undertake individual treatment and interventions with clients under the supervision of qualified staff.
- To refer service users to external agencies and specialists when their needs are beyond the assistant practitioner (AP) role.
- To accept responsibility for designated caseload, working independently taking an active role in promoting independence and meeting the needs of the service user.
- To promote wellbeing, safe mobility, transfers and effective communication. To provide instruction, advice and intervention to service users and carers in line with the multi disciplinary team guidelines.
- To assess, provide, fit and demonstrate use of a wide range of equipment to promote independence.
- To assess for and commission a range of adaptations in line with the multi disciplinary team guidelines.
- To attend and contribute to team meetings and case discussions using effective communication.
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate records in line with employers polices.
- To promote health and wellbeing with all citizens.
- To undertake a range of nursing competencies, as per the AP competency framework.
- To operate under the guidance of clinicians and only within the scope of AP practice.
Managerial and Leadership
- To provide support to other Assistant Practitioners and Rehab support workers as appropriate.
Education and Development
- To ensure knowledge, skills and competencies are kept up to date and complete all relevant competencies within recognised time frames (as detailed in the competency guidelines).
- To be involved in formal appraisal systems, supervision, and be active in identifying aims and objectives for personal development in line with departmental policy. Also, to keep an active up to date CPD portfolio.
Clinical Governance
- To maintain a safe working environment and be aware of the necessity to comply with health and safety regulations.
- To always have regard for the confidential nature of the work by adhering to confidentiality legislation and not to disclose information to unauthorised parties.
- To actively promote equality and diversity within service delivery and peoples individual rights.
- The post holder will comply with current legislation, the organizations policies, procedures and core values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To work alongside Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Rehabilitation Support Workers to provide assessment and treatment intervention to people within the Nottingham City community beds. Supporting people to regain independence through rehabilitation and aid in assessment to identify and support appropriate destinations for patients onward care.
- To support the work of the clinicians, providing assessments of needs, and working across professional boundaries and within legislation, policies and procedures and core values.
- To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner working with supervision.
Dimensions
- You will be working in a variety of community settings largely the community beds sites but also including clients own homes, following treatment plans, completing assessments and referrals to aid the recovery and appropriate discharge of patients that are in the community beds.
- You will participate actively in the services training strategy, including in-service training and multi-agency training.
- Working in conjunction with and under supervision of senior clinical professionals.
- Able to fulfil physical demands of role, including manual handling applications.
- Will be required to travel city-wide for visits/meetings.
- To participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs where applicable.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
- To undertake individual treatment and interventions with clients under the supervision of qualified staff.
- To refer service users to external agencies and specialists when their needs are beyond the assistant practitioner (AP) role.
- To accept responsibility for designated caseload, working independently taking an active role in promoting independence and meeting the needs of the service user.
- To promote wellbeing, safe mobility, transfers and effective communication. To provide instruction, advice and intervention to service users and carers in line with the multi disciplinary team guidelines.
- To assess, provide, fit and demonstrate use of a wide range of equipment to promote independence.
- To assess for and commission a range of adaptations in line with the multi disciplinary team guidelines.
- To attend and contribute to team meetings and case discussions using effective communication.
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate records in line with employers polices.
- To promote health and wellbeing with all citizens.
- To undertake a range of nursing competencies, as per the AP competency framework.
- To operate under the guidance of clinicians and only within the scope of AP practice.
Managerial and Leadership
- To provide support to other Assistant Practitioners and Rehab support workers as appropriate.
Education and Development
- To ensure knowledge, skills and competencies are kept up to date and complete all relevant competencies within recognised time frames (as detailed in the competency guidelines).
- To be involved in formal appraisal systems, supervision, and be active in identifying aims and objectives for personal development in line with departmental policy. Also, to keep an active up to date CPD portfolio.
Clinical Governance
- To maintain a safe working environment and be aware of the necessity to comply with health and safety regulations.
- To always have regard for the confidential nature of the work by adhering to confidentiality legislation and not to disclose information to unauthorised parties.
- To actively promote equality and diversity within service delivery and peoples individual rights.
- The post holder will comply with current legislation, the organizations policies, procedures and core values.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a Health Care, Social Care, Voluntary Care setting.
- Experience managing own workload in a team setting.
- Experience of working with individuals and/or groups within a Health Care, Social Care, Voluntary Care setting.
- Experience of working with individuals who have long-term conditions.
- Experience of record keeping and accurate data recording
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience of working at Band 3/equivalent level in a health or social care setting
- Experience of providing health or social care to clients
- Experience of using databases
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of professional area procedures and practices (e.g. nursing, physiotherapy or occupational therapy)
- Knowledge of Health and Social Care provision.
- Knowledge of need and risk in relation to Health Care provision in the community.
- Understanding the concepts of assessment and care planning.
- Knowledge of the roles of the members of the multi professional team.
- Awareness of Rehabilitation and/or Nursing Care process.
- Awareness of promoting/enabling independence and self care.
- Awareness of a range of activity of daily living equipment and adaptations.
- Effective communication skills (Verbal and written) and good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritise and plan workload.
- Ability to follow the Health Care Support Workers code of conduct policy and maintain professional boundaries.
- Ability to recognise the need for help and support from other professionals.
- Ability to contribute to the effective working of a team.
- Ability to complete a standard assessment of need and take appropriate action.
- Ability to involve individuals in a person centred approach to care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of specific nursing and rehabilitation interventions
- Awareness of Mental Health issues
- Knowledge of how to access equipment and adaptations.
- Ability to lead group activity sessions.
- Ability to take on administration and organisational tasks within a team.
- Ability to support the teams referral process
- Negotiation skills
- Conflict management skills
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work out of hours
- Full driving licence, access to a car for work purposes and the ability to travel between locations.
- To participate in and fulfil the requirements of the Directors on-call arrangements.
- Able to work 7 days a week 8am 8pm on a rota basis.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Foundation degree in a health related discipline
Desirable
- IT Literate
- NVQ /QCF 3 in Health and Social care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a Health Care, Social Care, Voluntary Care setting.
- Experience managing own workload in a team setting.
- Experience of working with individuals and/or groups within a Health Care, Social Care, Voluntary Care setting.
- Experience of working with individuals who have long-term conditions.
- Experience of record keeping and accurate data recording
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience of working at Band 3/equivalent level in a health or social care setting
- Experience of providing health or social care to clients
- Experience of using databases
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of professional area procedures and practices (e.g. nursing, physiotherapy or occupational therapy)
- Knowledge of Health and Social Care provision.
- Knowledge of need and risk in relation to Health Care provision in the community.
- Understanding the concepts of assessment and care planning.
- Knowledge of the roles of the members of the multi professional team.
- Awareness of Rehabilitation and/or Nursing Care process.
- Awareness of promoting/enabling independence and self care.
- Awareness of a range of activity of daily living equipment and adaptations.
- Effective communication skills (Verbal and written) and good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritise and plan workload.
- Ability to follow the Health Care Support Workers code of conduct policy and maintain professional boundaries.
- Ability to recognise the need for help and support from other professionals.
- Ability to contribute to the effective working of a team.
- Ability to complete a standard assessment of need and take appropriate action.
- Ability to involve individuals in a person centred approach to care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of specific nursing and rehabilitation interventions
- Awareness of Mental Health issues
- Knowledge of how to access equipment and adaptations.
- Ability to lead group activity sessions.
- Ability to take on administration and organisational tasks within a team.
- Ability to support the teams referral process
- Negotiation skills
- Conflict management skills
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work out of hours
- Full driving licence, access to a car for work purposes and the ability to travel between locations.
- To participate in and fulfil the requirements of the Directors on-call arrangements.
- Able to work 7 days a week 8am 8pm on a rota basis.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Foundation degree in a health related discipline
Desirable
- IT Literate
- NVQ /QCF 3 in Health and Social care
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.
