Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Newhaven Therapy team have the opportunity for a 12 month secondment to role of Therapy Assistant practitioner Band 4 to cover maternity leave. The therapy team consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Band 3 and 4 therapy assistants. They work closely with the multidisciplinary team at Newhaven. Newhaven has 34 beds over 2 wards and mainly accepts patients needing rehabilitation after an acute hospital admission who are not able to be discharged home directly. They also have some step down patients from RSCH awaiting community support before discharge home.,

• Assisting in providing Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy interventions for patients assessed by the team. If deemed competent, the post holder will be able to assess non-complex patients, progress them and plan discharges appropriately, liaising with key personnel and outside agencies accordingly.
• The Therapy Assistant Practitioner will work under the direction and guidance of an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist within the team but may work without being directly supervised but with immediate access to a therapist on site . Other members of the team may also request tasks to be undertaken which will support them in managing the workload on a daily basis.
• The post holder will be expected to use a minimal amount of clinical judgement and freedom to act when undertaking their work whilst remaining within agreed protocols.
  
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