Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Therapy Assistant Practitioner

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Job summary

THERAPY ASSISTANT PRACTITIONER - IN-PATIENT REHABILITATION - Brackley Community Hospital

BAND 4

(37.5 hours week - either over 5 days - includes weekend and bank holiday work)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be working in an integrated multi professional inpatient team that includes a ward matron, team leaders, staff nurses, unregistered staff, therapy MDT, medical staff and wider trust colleagues. The post holder will support the Therapy Team who provide quality specialist rehabilitation in an inpatient setting. The role will include face to face clinical interventions including group work and administration support.

For an informal discussion or further information on this post please contact:

Nicky Nolan - Team Lead Occupational Therapist

Ila Wrightson - Team Lead Physiotherapist

Nicola.nolan@nhft.nhs.uk Ila.wrightson@nhft.nhs.uk

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

12 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

270-TE698-ACS

Job locations

Brackley Community Hospital

Wellington Road

Brackley

NN13 6QZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation Degree in health subject

Qualifications

Essential

function skills level 2 in literacy and numeracy or equivalent

Experience

Essential

inpatient rehab experience

Experience

Essential

previous working experience in a therapy team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation Degree in health subject

Qualifications

Essential

function skills level 2 in literacy and numeracy or equivalent

Experience

Essential

inpatient rehab experience

Experience

Essential

previous working experience in a therapy team

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.