Trainee Assistant Practitioner | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	07 Ebrill 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£24,625 - £25,674 per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	07 Mai 2025
Lleoliad:	Salford, M28 2LY
Cwmni:	Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7059779/236-SCO-CS118-25

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Salford Equipment Service has a new exciting opportunity for a Trainee Assistant Practitioner, the role will work across Salford Equipment Service and Community Therapy to review the equipment provision of residents with complex moving and handling needs.

Salford Equipment Service provides complex moving and handling equipment into people’s homes to assist family and carers in the safe moving and handling of people. This new role will further develop the current integrated working between services and will offer a high standard service to people through the assessment, provision and review of equipment.

The Trainee Assistant Practitioner will work closely with clinicians to provide support and advice to Salford Equipment Service prescribers of equipment and will provide feasibility visits to assess properties for suitability of large complex equipment. The postholder will also review the equipment to ensure that equipment remains in properties for an appropriate timeframe with onward referrals to other services.

· The postholder will work closely with Salford Equipment Service and Salford Community Therapy Service alongside Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to ensure a collaborative approach is maintained provided a high standard of service to our colleagues and patients.

The successful candidate will be well supported by the wider Therapy team and have ongoing access to training and opportunities for personal development.

To provide technical advice to clinicians on the suitability of equipment in the home environment
• To work as an integral member of the team supporting assessment, therapy interventions, education, and care package planning.
• To review patients equipment needs under the supervision of Community Therapy Service
• To take a lead in identified audits, quality improvement projects and resource management projects for the equipment and therapy service with supervision from senior therapists
• To analyse a variety of clinical systems to build a holistic picture on peoples needs to understand when onward referrals to other services are required. Eg the use of adaptations to replace equipment.
• To ensure equipment is maintained in peoples property for an appropriate timeframe



The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk


This advert closes on Monday 21 Apr 2025

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