Assistant Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The post holder will have the responsibility for participating as a key member of the team and other agencies to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of an identified client group.

Provide a high standard of clinical care for individuals and groups within a defined area of the population under the supervision of a registered practitioner.

The post holder will maintain, develop and evidence their clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at all opportunities and act within the standards, protocols and guidelines for the delivery of care.Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively within the team and with other agencies to deliver local and national health priorities and objectives.Be accountable for own clinical practice.Deliver care in line with national quality standards and Trust policy.Work within the skills and competencies expected of the role.Act as an advocate and champion for clients.Support clinical staff in managing long term conditions.Lead on health promotion activities as required.Undertake clinical tasks, following patient specific direction.Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.Participate in individual clinical supervision.Participate in audit as required by the organisation.Undertake all relevant mandatory training.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Date posted

19 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-COM5861322

Job locations

Litherland Town Hall

Hatton Hill Road

Liverpool and South Sefton

L21 9JN

Job description

Job responsibilities

What we do

The vision for the Integrated Community Re-enablement and Assessment Service (ICRAS) is that a multidisciplinary team work together to manage the care of people in the community, who require support of an urgent nature and who are at risk of imminent hospital admission, as well as those transitioning from an acute environment who require additional support. The service consists of a multidisciplinary approach including Advanced Practitioners, Pharmacists, Nursing staff, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Podiatrists, Dietitians, Assistant Practitioners, and Health Care Assistants.

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days, services across Liverpool and South Sefton may vary in operating/shift hours for example therapists core hours/shifts and weekend rota.

Within the ICRAS pathway we have inpatient Intermediate Care beds (Hub Rehabilitation Units across the City of Liverpool), Community services across Liverpool and Sefton with a multidisciplinary team approach to facilitate discharges and prevent hospital admissions.

Exciting initiatives within ICRAS such as HARL (The Hospital Avoidance Response for Liverpool) and ERISS (Electronic Referral Information Sharing system), a co-ordinated approach with NWAS to assess, support and signpost patients to enable them to remain at home preventing hospital admissions.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies, NWAS, working with GPs, clinicians and Liverpool City Council via Home First +

What we can offer

A robust clinical support structure with regular clinical supervision and performance development review.
A comprehensive monthly in-service training programme.
Multiple external training and development opportunities working with both University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
A rapidly expanding NHS Trust that is committed to investing in its future and its staff.
Opportunities to supervise and develop junior staff, students and therapy assistants.
An opportunity to be part of the development of an innovative and growing of health care that is at the centre of the future direction of healthcare.
Structured career progression, support and opportunities.
Rotational opportunities across Liverpool and South Sefton, community and bed based services.
Flexible working patterns and value our employees work life balance.

Who we want

We are looking for an individual who has a good understanding of community based therapy and are comfortable operating autonomously within a range of different settings, flexible and able to travel independently across the Liverpool and South Sefton areas. You will have high standards of patient care and be motivated to contribute to the development of the ICRAS model of community care

Job description

Job responsibilities

What we do

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days, services across Liverpool and South Sefton may vary in operating/shift hours for example therapists core hours/shifts and weekend rota.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

What we can offer

A robust clinical support structure with regular clinical supervision and performance development review.
A comprehensive monthly in-service training programme.
Multiple external training and development opportunities working with both University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
A rapidly expanding NHS Trust that is committed to investing in its future and its staff.
Opportunities to supervise and develop junior staff, students and therapy assistants.
An opportunity to be part of the development of an innovative and growing of health care that is at the centre of the future direction of healthcare.
Structured career progression, support and opportunities.
Rotational opportunities across Liverpool and South Sefton, community and bed based services.
Flexible working patterns and value our employees work life balance.

Who we want

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation Degree or equivalent or equivalent work based experience.

Experience

Essential

Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care.
Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health.
Experience of previous work in health care.
Clinical Governance and Risk Management.
Actively Involved in professional development.
Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies

Desirable

Knowledge of developing self care skills in patients/clients

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.

Other

Essential

Ability to travel, for work purposes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation Degree or equivalent or equivalent work based experience.

Experience

Essential

Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care.
Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health.
Experience of previous work in health care.
Clinical Governance and Risk Management.
Actively Involved in professional development.
Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies

Desirable

Knowledge of developing self care skills in patients/clients

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.

Other

Essential

Ability to travel, for work purposes

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.