Therapy Assistant Practitioner | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Coxheath, Maidstone, ME17 4AH |
| Company: | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7165053/846-7165053-UJ |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly community team in Coxheath.
The Community Rehabilitation Team and MDT Therapists are a team made up of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, therapy assistants and apprentices who deliver personalised rehabilitation care plans to patients in their own homes. Striving to achieve the best outcomes for the individuals we treat to ensure they achieve their full potential and the greatest level of functional independence possible.
The successful candidate will need to have experience as a therapy assistant and be confident to work independently, supporting the therapy team to provide timely assessments and treatment interventions.
Our Therapy Assistant Practitioners are unregistered support worker roles, whilst supported by our qualified therapists they have responsibility for their own clinical caseload and waiting lists.
You will need to have excellent communication skills to complete comprehensive assessments, and support and motivate patients to participate in their rehabilitation programs.
• Support the qualified therapists to deliver high quality care to patients in the setting.
• To have sound clinical assessment skills
• To be able to determine treatment plans and rehab goals.
• Equipment provision and ordering
• Supporting junior therapy assistants
• To be competent in the use of IT systems to document patient care
• Liaison with wider MDT
Driving is an essential requirement for this post and candidates will be required to have a full English driving license to take on the role. As an autonomous practitioner delivering community care, it is a requirement of the role that you are able to drive and have access to a car (subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010).
The post full time, but part time and flexible working patterns considered.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 May 2025