Assistant Practitioner - Stroke/Neurology | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2024 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6191066/225-DIV3-6191066 |
Summary
We are looking for a passionate Specialist Therapy Assistant to join our dynamic stroke and neuro therapy team. You will work across the professions of both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, providing specialist treatments, as well as demonstrating a degree of assessment skills. You will be flexible in your approach and be able to provide cover across both inpatient and community settings. You will have opportunities to work with patients on an individual level, as part of a team, and in group settings. You will be supported by a specialist team of therapists and will be facilitated to continue to develop your knowledge and skills in this exciting area.
There will be a requirement for seven-day working as part of this role, and varied shift patterns.
To support patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals by providing treatment programmes.
To complete stroke /neurology specific therapeutic interventions under the direction of by Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists.
To act as a key worker for patients on caseload providing feedback to clinicians.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.
This advert closes on Friday 14 Jun 2024