Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner (Neurological Rehabilitation)

Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

An exciting short term contract or secondment opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner based at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre (WMRC). The post is to cover a career break until 31.01.2029. Services at WMRC include Specialist Clinics, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Access to Communications Technology, Birmingham Wheelchair Services and Posture & Mobility.

This post is within Specialist Clinics - this is a group of 7 highly specialist regional outpatient services - Spasticity Clinic, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Neuromuscular Clinic, Non-Traumatic Spinal Injury Clinic, Young Adults Clinic, Complex Neuro Rehab and Intrathecal Baclofen. You will work in a multidisciplinary team of Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Speech & Language Therapists, Counsellor and Psychologist.

Main duties of the job

Clinical work with patients - in MDT clinics, unidisciplinary clinics and independently with your own caseload.

Administration - admin tasks to support clinicians and patients. This includes onwards referrals.

Equipment - to include ordering, stock take, support with servicing.

Provide information - to patients and clinicians.

Communication - with patients, carers, family, staff and outside agencies. This requires highly developed communication skills to communicate where there are barriers to communication.

About us

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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.