Assistant Practitioner in Community Therapy and Pathway 1

Job summary

This new role within our Mid Notts Discharge to Assess and Community Therapy Team.

The service supports individuals to thrive in their own environment - whether that be via preventing admissions and increasing skills to support independence or offering support and rehabilitation following hospital admission.

This role is key to the success of the team and will work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and support workers to deliver the highest quality goal- focused rehabilitation.

The service is a 7 day service with operational hours between 8am and 6pm. Weekends and later finishing shifts are scheduled via a rota.

The role of the assistant practitioner is patient facing, delivering assessments once competencies have been completed. Goal focused treatment plans are created and progressed. Each AP caseload manages as small non complex caseload - will support from a qualified clinician. While the 'home team' will be based in Rushcliffe - there may be need to work outside of this locality - as determined by patient need.

Main duties of the job

The role is primarily concerned with creating and delivering goal focused treatment plans. Our client group is very varied and while it is mainly older adults - the service supports those over 18 years old - with functional difficulties. The role is diverse and a competency framework in in place to support skill acquisition to enable the delivery of this care. Care delivery also occurs in a clinic environment and maintaining accurate records and supporting the wider team to safely manage the waiting lists is a key part of this role.

This role requires excellent communication skills both digital and verbal and a confidant manner when speaking to the public.

You will be required to have some knowledge and experience of working with people older adults and be able to offer support and care to them whilst they are treated by the service.

You need to be able to work effectively within a team whilst being supported by registered staff.

We welcome insight visits and will be as flexible as possible.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment