Trainee Therapy Assistant Practitioner | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £0 Annexe 21 salary |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 6893534/438-PB2649 |
Summary
Are you a hardworking, driven individual, looking for a new challenge? Then look no further!
Do you want to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Stroke AHP Team, assisting in the delivery of Stroke specialist therapy services across the Stroke pathway at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a brilliant opportunity to progress in your career alongside an innovative and supportive multi-disciplinary team!
You will support Registered Therapists in assessing and treating patients with a diagnosis of stroke. An Assistant Practitioner undertakes highly skilled and specialised support work from referrals screened by a member of the Stroke AHP. This may include gathering information for assessments, implementing treatment programmes, and making recommendations for equipment and minor adaptations.
The Assistant Practitioner will use technical and creative skills in the provision of therapeutic activities for individual patients and will be responsible for evaluating and amending treatment programmes and interventions with guidance from the Registered AHP. The Excellent care with compassion post holder will take responsibility for their own work within a broad framework laid out by a Registered AHP.
You will be responsible for delivering defined Therapy input without direct supervision, but will have immediate access to a Registered AHP for advice and direction as required.
The work will take place in the Acute Hospital setting at the Acute Stroke Unit (based at Royal Preston Hospital) and the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward (at Chorley Hospital). The service is currently delivered over 6 days however this is due to by extended to 7 days in the future.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of
You would be welcomed into a fantastic, established, multi-disciplinary team within both teams at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley & South Ribble Hospital.
Duties to include but not be limited to:
• Contribute to assessment, implementation and evaluation of
care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence based guidance.
• Support the delivery and co-ordination of care, as advised by registered AHP staff.
• Support and provide patient education and health promotion.
• Contribute to the management of risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
• Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
• Ensure environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
• Maintain and develop own professional competence and skills within scope of role.
• To participate in education and training of junior staff.
• Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager.
Please see attached job description and personal specification for further clarification.
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Jun 2025