Assistant Practitioner Intermediate Care and Community Therapy Team

Communication and Working Relationships

·         To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.

·         To record activity on a clinical data base as required

·         To work as part of the Locality team including joint working with colleagues from different professional backgrounds

·         Feedback to the multi-disciplinary team and attendance at professional meeting as required

Planning and Organisation including end of life care and risk management

• Work proactively with patients and their families to develop personalised care plans which reflect their choices for end-of-life care
• Liaise closely with a range of providers of palliative care service, so that people will receive quality care aligned to the Gold Standards Framework
• Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives, ensuring other relevant agencies are involved

·         Work with patients and carers to teach and educate them about the early warning signs to prevent crises

Responsibility and Accountability

·         Assist in the monitoring and protecting of groups and individuals whose health and well-being may be at risk e.g.: vulnerable adult

·         To participate in ordering of specific equipment, in line with instructions and ensuring safe practice

·         Participate in ordering and monitoring of stores, equipment and other appropriate tasks

·         Undertake statutory and mandatory and other training as requested

• Support research-based practice

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

·         Awareness of financial constraints of services and need to act responsibility in the assessment of needs with accountability for the recommendations made for care services

·         Awareness of financial implications for service users including that financial assessments may be required should statutory funding be required

Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership and Management

·         To contribute to the supervision of non-registered health care support workers

·         To support junior members of staff and students, promoting and monitoring best practice

·         Develop and maintain skills required for patients within a community setting in line with appraisal and competencies

·         To participate in supervision and appraisal and take responsibility for own professional development

·         Contribute to the planning, development and implementation of educational programmes for staff, patients and carers

·         Be responsible for own personal development and to keep up to date with current issues in clinical field, to include participation and attendance at related meetings, mandatory and in-service training days

·         Participate in appraisal system and maintain own portfolio of professional practice

·         Participate in clinical supervision in support of continuing professional development

Information Technology and Administrative Duties

·         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