Job summary
- Main area
- AHP
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-6326623-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bishops Castle Hospital
- Town
- Bishops Castle
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
To work as part of the inpatient Therapy team at Bishops Castle Community Hospital providing high quality care and rehabilitation.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To take responsibility for a defined group of patients following delegation by the Registered Health Care Professional.
- Work under direct and indirect supervision of a Registered Health Professional to provide health care support to an identified caseload– this may be in an inpatient or community setting including the patient’s own place of residence.
- To work within agreed protocols within the designated work area.
- Maintain agreed, acceptable standards of care and only undertake duties within own personal competence following training/education and assessment of competency.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
qualificiations
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree in Science (FdSC) in Integrated Care OR Assistant Practitioner Level 5 course modules and clinical competencies OR Assistant Practitioner Health Higher Apprenticeship OR Equivalent qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working within a clinical setting
- Experience delivering personal and clinical care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good IT skills and computer literate
- Ability to develop knowledge and skills in providing healthcare support, evaluation of treatment plans and reassessment of care within agreed protocols.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Self-motivated and reliable
- Patient focused
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Ability to organise workload.
- To be adaptable and flexible to different working environments
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stacey Greenan
- Job title
- Rehab Pathway Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07779459964
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