Assistant Practitioner

The Assistant Practitioner Therapy role will be within the Hospital team The role is to offer assessments and treatments to optimize patients mobility and discharge planning from hospital. The role is for a dual trained assistant practitioner working closely with physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and other assistant practitioners to meet the expected targets.

You will work along side qualified members of staff to offer high end therapy assessments and treatments meeting the met of the service user. You will play a vital role in their discharge planning asses for ongoing help and support or facilitating discharge home. weekend working will be required.

This post will be based within the respiratory team at DPOW hospital however may offer support as required to other specialty areas.

Main duties of the job

Work within a competency-based framework to manage an allocated caseload of clients. Gain baseline information from a variety of sources to enable comprehensive client assessment. Work independently or jointly with qualified therapists (dependent on competencies gained and level of complexity), to fully assess client needs including physical, functional, social, and cognitive aspects. Plan, review, and modify treatment directly in line with client goals and outcomes achieved per intervention.

Take responsibility for managing own caseload within required timescales, proactively accessing regular supervision and support to do so. Ensure every contact counts and gain supervision for tasks which are beyond competencies completed. Monitor and progress treatment format in line with clinical needs and client goals, ensuring the use of validated outcome measures with each individual.

Document interventions within Trust standards on System One. Work closely with other members of the MDT in order to provide holistic person-centred care.

Audit response to treatment, develop and modify resources and ways of working in line with current research.

Actively engage in training, supervision, reflection, and annual reviews. Be proactive in accessing support when needed, managing risks as they occur and being responsible for ensuring appropriate level of activity against individual Job Plan.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.