Job summary
- Main area
- N/A
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Post to be worked over Bromyard and Leominster localities depending on service demand
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (weekend working)
- Job ref
- 229-IC-6951191
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leominster Community Hospital/Bromyard Community Hospital
- Town
- Leominster/Bromyard
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Bromyard & Leominster
Band 4
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Job overview
As a Therapy Assistant Practitioner you will be working with the Occupational & Physiotherapists.
The Therapy Assistant Practitioner Band 4 development will use enhanced skills to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients including those with more complex needs. Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently (unsupervised) plan and deliver individual or team tasks where the understanding of role boundaries and the importance of supervision and carrying out appropriately delegated tasks and plans is essential.
The post holder will be responsible for assessing and prioritising their own caseload and accountable for providing interventions accordingly.
The post holder will be required to complete the relevant competencies required for the post and participate in 7 day working.
Main duties of the job
This role involves working with both the physiotherapists and occupational therapists within the Neighbourhood Team covering both traditional community cases as well as Discharge to Assess pathways.
You will be involved with delivering patient centred care with the overall aim of maximizing independence and supporting individuals to return to life beyond the hospital.
A rehab ethos is key to understanding and progressing your clients in their functional journey. Being aware of your own scope of practice and knowing when to request support/feedback to the team to guide practice is essential.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant NVQ/Diploma 3 level or equivalent
- Level 2 English and Maths
Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate
- Relevant foundation degree or high national diploma level
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of specific relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions acquired through training or experience
- Demonstration of knowledge of core Physiotherapy and or Occupational Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary assessments and record keeping
- Basic Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
- Able to make clinical judgements without direct supervision
- Able to manage busy case load
- Ability to work autonomously using own knowledge skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience at Band 3 or equivalent within relevant therapy.
- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
- Experience of using /fitting adaptive equipment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Ward / Donna Clarke
- Job title
- Therapy Team Leads
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07891 169504
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