Assistant Practitioner - Occupational Therapy
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,530.00 to £29,114.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26530.00 - £29114.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR2 3TU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9839-25-0272 |
Summary
Clinical Assess patients following stroke with straightforward requirements based on predetermined department protocols. Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessment, treatments and discharge within therapy/nursing for stroke rehabilitation in line with predetermined department protocols. Tasks may include manual handling, personal care, toileting, mobility exercises, communication and cognitive rehabilitation. To carry out and contribute to planned programmes of rehabilitation to meet individual patient and family circumstances related to communication, cognition, emotional and physical impairments resulting from a stroke. Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with stroke under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a treatment/care plan. To promote and encourage independence and restoration of function post stroke including information, education on secondary prevention and self-management. To ensure that patients, families and carers are involved in the planning and implementation of their stroke rehabilitation care plans. Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly. Prepare for and develop individual/group activities to meet defined intervention needs. Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes. Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner. Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit and that SystmOne inputting is completed concisely, accurately and timely in line with service standards. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately. To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate. Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood pressures, urinalysis supervising transfers, and passive exercises. Provide basic equipment and be responsible for ensuring that it is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained. Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems. Non Clinical Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, cleaning specialist equipment and general housekeeping and administration tasks. Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks, such as, answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data. Professional Actively contribute to a positive learning environment to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff; and be involved in induction programmes for new staff/students as required. To continue to develop extended competencies through reflective practices, clinical supervision and performance reviews. To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required for the role within the team and disseminate this knowledge through the stroke service. Communication To use appropriate methods of communication with patients, families and carers in order to maximise rehabilitation and understand their conditions. Barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident (e.g. expressive and receptive dysphasia, cognitive impairment, loss of hearing, pain and depression) and a variety of communication methods may be required. To communicate effectively and collaboratively with colleagues across health/voluntary and social sectors to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary integrated stroke service. This will include case conferences, handovers, patient held documentation and documentation in service records.