Assistant Practitioner band 4

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Somerset Intermediate Care Service- bedded pathway - Assistant Practitioners- Band 4

Tadham Unit- based within Glastonbury Care Home

Are you an experience Assistant Practitioner who has a passion for carrying out rehabilitation programs with people to enable them to reach their desired outcome

We are looking to recruit an experienced Assistant Practitioner who is looking for a new challenge and would like to join our new service with the care home environment focusing on longer /slower stream rehab to enable the individual to reach desired outcomes

The successful applicants will be part of a Multidisciplinary team, who are highly passionate and innovative about rehabilitation

The successful applicants will work alongside Therapist’s and members of the MDT to support the daily work within the care home environment. As part of the team you will be working with patients who require therapy intervention to remain as independent as possible within the care home environment in order to return home to own environment .

Main aims of the service is to

• provide patients the opportunities to return current home environment following a episode which has brought them into a bedded Reablement/ rehab units.
  

To support transition from the service another key aspect of the role will be to have understanding of other community services within the county and build/form relationships with Community teams/Voluntary Sector and Adult Social Care team’s around the county to allow a seamless transition.

Hours of work for this post is between 8am and 6 pm, 7 days a week. You may be expected to work in shifts during the week alongside to ensure the full day is supported from a therapy point of view. weekend working will be required

Their will be a expectation to work along side the Therapy team to provide training regarding enablement/rehabilitation approach within the home .

day to day Line management will be provided by Band 6 therapist’s who are working on the unit

Please note: If you are successful for interview, you will be required to bring the following with you: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organisation and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)

Our values are simple: Outstanding Care, Working Together, Listening and Leading.

Benefits

With this in mind, we offer a range of staff benefits including

We recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientious of our staff.

Excellent annual leave entitlement

Relocation package – up to £8,000 (Subject to eligibility)

Enhanced rates of pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Free parking on most of our sites

NHS discounts

Training and development

Flexible working

Paid registration fees for the 1st year for newly qualified staff

For more information please contact the recruitment team via email: SomersetNHSJobs@SomersetFT.nhs.uk

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