Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Intermediate Care Services

An opportunity has arisen to join the well established Intermediate Care Service. The Intermediate Care Services is an integrated home and bed based service, with excellent relationships with Social Services.

You will be part of a team with responsibility for assisting the multidisciplinary team in Therapy interventions for patients in need of Rehabilitation and hospital avoidance. You will be working to support our patients to remain in their homes and avoid long term placement or dependent care needs, with enhanced services. You must hold a foundation degree in Health & Social Care or equivalent, and demonstrate previous experience of working in a health or social care setting, you will need to be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service. You must demonstrate experience of multi disciplinary/multi agency working and utilise strong links with partnership agencies at Social Services, the Acute Hospital and Community Locality Teams. Working 5 days across a 7 day service.

INTERMEDIATE CARE SERVICE

To support individuals who have recently been discharged from hospital, are at risk of hospital admission or require a period of rehabilitation in either a rehabilitation bed within a care setting, or in their own home.

Supporting and working alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Reablement Officers, Nurses, Social workers and other health and social care colleagues.

Successful applicants will be asked to apply for a Disclosure (criminal record check).

The Trust is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly, can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.

Please see as Job Description

Therapy Assistant Practitioner – Intermediate Care Team
(Community Based Service – Blakenall Village Centre )
Band 4 Full Time (37.5 hours)