Assistant Practitioner / Trainee Assistant Practitioner
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
Are you passionate about helping people regain independence and improve their quality of life? This is an exciting opportunity to join our Community Physiotherapy Team, where you’ll play a vital role in supporting rehabilitation across Paignton and Brixham.
This role offers varied, fast-paced, and highly rewarding work within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
We’re looking for:
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An established support worker ready to take the next step in their career, or
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Someone with the relevant qualifications to join us as a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner.
If you’re starting as a Trainee Assistant Practitioner, you’ll begin at Band 3 and be uplifted to Band 4 upon successful completion of your foundation degree and required training.
What we offer:
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A clear, supported development pathway
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Hands-on experience within the community
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A collaborative and caring team environment
Please note: You must be able to travel efficiently around the Bay area to carry out your duties.
If you’re ready to make a real difference and grow your career in physiotherapy — we’d love to hear from you!
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You will be joining a team which aims to rehabilitate and support patients in their own homes, care home & community hospital settings. Our Health and Social care team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Urgent Care Response, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and Paramedics. We also link closely with other teams such as the Frailty Virtual ward. The team are proactive and have a forward-thinking core that promotes a positive and a ‘can do’ attitude. The successful candidate will be dynamic and key in managing patients to remain in their own home.
The Community Physiotherapy team are based at Kings Ash House in Paignton. This role will be predominantly based in Paignton & Brixham but also involves support the therapy team at Birxham hospital, it may also require the postholder to support the wider Team in the Paignton & Brixham locality. The community team has a hard-working, flexible and patient centered approach. The team are supportive and friendly, adapting to the ever-changing demands on the service.
The working hours cover 8.30-4.30 service. However, you will be required to cover, as part of the Brixham hospital bank holiday rota will at times be required.
Working for our organisation
Why work with us - we passionately believe that the best way to care for people is by focusing on what matters to them, putting them at the centre of everything we do and integrating services around them. Please see link above for more information.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- You will work as part of a team on a daily basis, ensuring excellent patient care.
- To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.
- To record activity on a clinical data base(s) as required
- You will take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients, escalating any concerns about patients to an appropriate professional.
- To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc.
- To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
- You will plan your day autonomously, taking into account the priority needs of the patients under your care.
- You will organise your day to provide maximum productivity, planning tasks and travel routes etc to maximise time spent face to face delivering patient care
- To adhere to local and national policies as well as statutory and legislative frameworks.
- To carry out lone working in accordance with the local policy and procedures.
- To ensure that the health and social care setting is responsive to the individual needs of patients.
- To contribute to the improvement of services.
- To make constructive changes to their own work within agreed timescales, seeking support as and when necessary.
- Participate in service developments to enhance the range and scope of services provided to patients and their career
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Equipment provider, therefore you will take responsibility for appropriate use of this resource and that eligibility criteria is met.
· You will maintain any equipment loaned to you to perform your role in good condition and report any defects or concerns as soon as possible.
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You may assist with induction of new team members, demonstrating working practices and procedures.
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Be competent in the use of IT for data capture, client records and activity recording
· Knowledge of data protection legislation and implications of consent and data sharing
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly.
- Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
- Applicants who identify in their application form they are a part of the Armed Forces community will be guaranteed an interview, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria outlined in the job description and person specification for the role. Step into Health guidance can be found on our NHS Employers website.
- Correspondence will be sent via Trac, text, and email. Please ensure you check your email and Trac account regularly.
- Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
- If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- It is your responsibility to ensure the timely receipt of appropriate references.
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.