Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Community Therapy

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a skilled, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Northeast Community Therapy Team. To provide a high quality therapy focused service within a multidisciplinary team, delivering a flexible approach to patient care in a variety of settings throughout the locality, following the patient through their care pathway.

We will work closely with our health and social care partners to give patients more control over their own care and find necessary treatments more readily available. We  support people with multiple health conditions, not just single diseases, and deliver care as locally and conveniently as possible for our patients. We strive to provide a service that is responsive to the needs of the local population as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team.

You will be experienced in working  in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health or social care environment with knowledge of  basic IT administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc).

You will be patient focussed and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure. 

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

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• To provide holistic and person-centred care and support community patients in an acute setting.
• To support the qualified therapist (Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist) in providing a high standard of Therapy intervention following protocols agreed by professional colleagues.
• To perform screening assessments and treatment programmes as per agreed protocols with delegated patients.   
• To hold responsibility for own delegated caseload following discussion with the therapist.   
• To work within a competency framework to ensure safe practice.   

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.