Therapy Assistant Practitioner | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6197736/180-F-243099 |
Summary
We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner to work within the Early Intervention Therapy Team (EIT) at Cambridge University Hospitals.
You will work alongside the EIT Therapy team to provide appropriate therapy assessments and treatments for patients with acute and long term conditions such as, but not limited to, stroke, falls, neurological conditions, trauma / fracture management, acute MSK conditions and patients with highly complex needs.
You will be responsible for supporting and working alongside EIT Therapists to provide a high standard of assessment, advice and evaluation of patients to formulate appropriate plans of care for patients discharged into Community settings and refer on to appropriate MDT members for patients admitted to the hospital setting.
If some patients were deemed appropriate by the EIT Therapy team, you may be expected to complete simple mobility assessments and collect collateral information with the aim of admission avoidance and early supported discharge. You will be expected to manage your own caseload under the guidance of a qualified Clinician.
The EIT Therapy team are dynamic and are constantly looking at ways to improve the service. They work very closely with members of the Multidisciplinary team and are constantly collecting data with the aim of service improvement.
Administrative responsibilities will be required within this role to support qualified Therapists.
Support and assist the Early Intervention Team with admission avoidance and early supported discharge in the Emergency Department and Emergency Short Stay areas.
In addition, you will work closely with Frailty Specialist Nurses, Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
Provide a high standard of assistance to Therapy staff (Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists) in order to support admission avoidance and early mobility where appropriate.
This role is paramount in supporting patient flow throughout the Trust and provides the opportunity to work with the MDT and our service partners in best practice, while providing expert advice on the management of patients with complex discharge planning needs.
You will be a key resource to the MDT supporting patients and their families with decisions around discharge, completing appropriate onward referrals to ensure their care needs will be met safely, and supporting ward staff with the preparations of discharge.
This role is also linked with other national initiatives, such as reducing length of stay; red2green, Criteria to Reside and #homefirst.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
EIT is a very proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Frailty Specialist Nurses and Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses. EIT is well respected and has been acknowledged for providing Admission Avoidance, early supported discharge and proactive Frailty screening. EIT works in the Emergency Department including short stay areas, Urgent treatment centre, and Medical Assessment Units.
We work alongside MDT members to provide comprehensive assessments with the aim of admission avoidance where possible. EIT are a very dynamic and flexible innovative team which regularly reassess its service to ensure it aligns with patient and service needs.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
The advert will close at midnight on 18 April 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on 25 April 2024.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024