Assistant Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

To form professional relationships with clients and communicate condition related information to them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.

Where barriers to understanding exist staff will need to use tact, motivational negotiating and reassurance skills. Information received and given may be sensitive and will need to be handled in a empathic and professional manner maintaining confidentiality within Trust Policies and professional codes of conduct

To involve patients and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programmes and encourage self-management where appropriate

To act as named person for the client to contact within the department and to feedback relevant any issues to senior staff.

To have a basic level of knowledge of support services within the community.

Key Relationships:

Internal:

1. Team Leader
2. All members of Clinical Care at Home teams
3. Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists across Bedfordshire
4. Discharge Planning Team
5. Specialist Nurses i.e. Safeguarding leads, Tissue Viability etc.

External:

1. Hospital nursing and therapy staff
2. Patients, relatives and care agencies
3. Local Authorities including adult social care
4. General Practitioners
5. Emergency Care Practitioners
6. Clinical Commissioning groups

Plan and implement daily work within the team and wide geographical area in the knowledge that this can be unpredictable and may change to meet the demands of the service and the changing priorities of clinical/health needs

Participate in team planning, by organising new referrals as to who needs to be assessed within an agreed service time frame, and on-going work allocations, to enable the team to work effectively and efficiently

To be responsible for prioritising and managing own workload, expecting some conflicting demands on your time.

To safely travel between patients homes and other venues on a daily basis adhering to relevant policy and guidelines e.g. mobile phone policy, and the Highway Code.

Regularly undertake the moving and positioning of patients and equipment adhering to the Trust Moving and Handling Policy

Undertake clinical procedures within own scope of competencies utilising a variety of clinical interventions and equipment safely and precisely

To competently demonstrate and advise on a range of equipment to clients and relativesTo have adequate keyboard skills and knowledge of IT systems provided by the Trust

To promote the team philosophy that embraces a holistic approach to patients, carers and relatives.

To carry out basic assessment and treatment of clients on behalf of occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

To review and re-assess interventions delegated by the multidisciplinary team, keeping relevant clinical staff informed of any progress/concern. To undertake clinical procedures/ therapeutic activities within a mutually agreed goal orientated programme under direction from a variety of multidisciplinary team members.

Actively promote good health and development and participate in Public Health Initiatives

To carry out any other clinical duties under instruction from senior staff within the Rehabilitation and Enablement team covering other staff within the service to meet patient needs

Attend regularly and participate actively in Clinical Supervision in line with Trust Policy.

Ensure mandatory training is always kept up to date.

Ensure the Policies and Procedures of the Trust are implemented and adhered to at all times

Participate in multi-agency working in relation to patient care. Attend staff meetings, case conferences and other professional meetings as required.

Complete and maintain all documentation in a contemporaneous style, legibly, accurately and in a concise manner. This will include care/rehabilitation plans, referral documentation, reviews, and letters to GPs.

To maintain accurate patient records, which include patient held records.

To record and report accurate and timely data in relation to all contacts with clients and other activities for inputting on to the computer system within 24 hours.

To contribute to meetings about clinical governance and service development

To participate in the delivery of the Rehabilitation and Enablement team development plan

None

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process.

Develop own clinical knowledge and participate in the development of clinical knowledge for others.

Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain an awareness of professional issues.

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes

The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

Safeguarding people responsibility

Safeguarding children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a collective responsibility.

There is an expectation that all staff develop and maintain their role relevant safeguarding people competencies and comply with local safeguarding partnerships practice. Alongside this employee who are registrants are reminded of their professional duty of care.

Safeguarding means protecting a citizens health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care.

Those most in need of protection include:

Children and young people Adults at risk, such as those receiving care in their own home, people with physical, sensory and mental impairments, and those with learning disabilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications & training

Essential

• NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care
• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Desirable

• Foundation degree in health and social care
• Stroke or Neuro related clinical courses /trainings

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to do holistic assessments for simple cases
• Be able to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Use moving and handling skills when dealing with clients and equipment

Desirable

• Ability to disseminate complex information to others
• Ability to complete client notes related to patient contact using IT systems
• Ability to prioritise own work and teams work on a day to day basis

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working in a community or inpatient rehab environment
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage own caseload

Desirable

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of working in Stroke/Neurology rehabilitation

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Address

Bedfordshire Neurotherapy service

Flitwick Health centre

Flitwick

MK45 1DZ

Employer's website

https://www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)