Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Assistant Practitioners to join a new service in the Virtual Ward team in South Nottinghamshire
Virtual wards are a national initiative and defined as "A Virtual ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care which is enabled by technology" NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Nottinghamshire Integrated care system, aim to deliver this through a Nottinghamshire wide provider collaborative, incorporating Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Nottingham University Hospitals, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare and City Care to deliver an ambition of 400 - 500 beds across the Nottinghamshire by Dec 2023.
Virtual wards allow patients to receive care, remote monitoring and treatment they need in their own home, safely and conveniently rather than in hospital. Virtual Wards provide healthcare systems with a significant opportunity to delivery care through the collaboration of community services and acute hospitals providing an alternative to an acute admission and/or early discharge.
As a member of the Virtual ward Multidisciplinary team the role of Assistant Practitioner will support patient care to be delivered in the home providing an alternative approach to receiving hospital care or clinical monitoring. The Virtual ward positions whilst based at various sites deliver a joined-up approach across the Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS).
Main duties of the job
The overriding purpose of the Assistant Practitioner is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care to individuals whilst on the virtual ward pathway across a 7day period 365 days per year.
The post holder will have expertise with the patient group specialising in Frailty and acute admissions avoidance, and wider experience in which they practise which is underpinned by competency assessment and learning programmes.
The focus of the Integrated Teams is to maximise and enable independence of the individual and the role of the Assistant Practitioner for Rehabilitation is fundamental in supporting patients to achieve this. You will be expected to work without direct supervision undertaking tasks delegated by the relevant profession, in order to support the patient and the team and you will demonstrate excellent communication skills to maximise effective intervention to the patient.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please make sure that your application demonstrates how you meet all the essential criteria listed in the attached Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please make sure that your application demonstrates how you meet all the essential criteria listed in the attached Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of basic education
- NVQ 3 in health or health and social care level or equivalent plus knowledge of specific patient conditions, forms of therapy, acquired through training, experience.
- IT skills Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Evidence of patient care related training
- Desire and willingness to work towards further qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults in a community setting
- Ability to deal with non-routine activity in responding autonomously to individual patients needs with sphere of own competence
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne for electronic patient record-keeping
- Previous experience of working in a Therapy Support Worker role
Other
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out therapeutic activities and respond appropriately
- Health and social care skills in line with generic competences
- Effective communication skills, including written, verbal, non-verbal
- Evidence of the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work alone, without direct supervision
- Ability to deal with non-routine activity in responding autonomously to individual patients needs with sphere of own competence
- Organisational skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise demands
- Ability to follow procedures
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 as identified within the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of basic education
- NVQ 3 in health or health and social care level or equivalent plus knowledge of specific patient conditions, forms of therapy, acquired through training, experience.
- IT skills Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Evidence of patient care related training
- Desire and willingness to work towards further qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults in a community setting
- Ability to deal with non-routine activity in responding autonomously to individual patients needs with sphere of own competence
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne for electronic patient record-keeping
- Previous experience of working in a Therapy Support Worker role
Other
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out therapeutic activities and respond appropriately
- Health and social care skills in line with generic competences
- Effective communication skills, including written, verbal, non-verbal
- Evidence of the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work alone, without direct supervision
- Ability to deal with non-routine activity in responding autonomously to individual patients needs with sphere of own competence
- Organisational skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise demands
- Ability to follow procedures
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 as identified within the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
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).
Additional information
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).
