Job Description

Assistant Practitioner Community Therapy Service



W e are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Practitioner to join our dynamic therapy team. This would suit an experienced Physiotherapy/Rehabilitation Assistant who wants to expand their knowledge base and drive forward standards of excellence and patient care.



The successful candidate will be working alongside Advanced Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists and other Band 4 Assistant Practitioners in a highly experienced and forward thinking multi- disciplinary team within the adult rehabilitation specialties including neurological rehabilitation. The team work closely with the Specialist Nursing teams for MS and PD across the county



The service is delivered across the county by a county wide multidisciplinary community rehabilitation team. There are 3 bases across the county in Northampton, Wellingborough and Kettering. The team sees out-patients at these units and other sites and visit patients in their own homes depending on their needs. The service also runs various exercise groups for patients which the band 4 Assistant practitioners assist in running and organizing with the qualified staff.



The successful candidate will need to have the necessary skills to assess and treat patients with rehabilitation needs including neurological conditions such as MS and Parkinson's disease under the guidance of qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.



To manage own caseload of patients, assessing, treating and discharging patients within a defined group

To work within a specialised client group

To plan individualised care programmes within the tested areas of competency.

To provide treatments within a variety of clinical settings including group sessions/classes

When appropriate to provide care in patient own homes



NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.



NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.



For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.