Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 234-24-CS0526
- Employer
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £22,816 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/07/2024
Employer heading
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Therapy Assistant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is a leading teaching hospital with world-class facilities, and physiotherapy is playing an instrumental role in exciting developments in the Trust. Our patients rate us highly on quality of care and having friendly, approachable staff and we are looking for like-
minded individuals to join us on this journey.
It is an exciting time to join our service with the Trust committed to the opening of a new dedicated Norfolk and Norwich Orthopaedic Centre in July 2024, transforming our elective care provision. The Trust is also becoming a designated major trauma centre over the next 5 years.
As a result our team is growing and we are seeking a Senior Therapy Assistant / Assistant Practitioner with experience of musculoskeletal conditions and/managing patients after orthopaedic surgery, to join our acute inpatient Trauma and Orthopaedic team. We are willing to consider recruiting to this role as a development post supporting you to progress from B3 to B4 through successful completion of our competency programme +/- foundation degree depending on your chosen route. We are willing to consider supporting fixed term or secondment options if substantive posts are not filled. Positions may soon also be available in other specialist teams across our in and outpatient services and you will be able to express interest in being considered for these if successful at interview.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will manage a delegated caseload of patients in addition to undertaking a variety of activities each day to support our Physiotherapy / Therapy teams to provide excellent patient care. This may include working with another clinician during an assessment or treatment, supporting a patient to complete a prescribed exercise, functional task or mobility plan, undertaking administrative and reporting tasks, and maintaining equipment and stock levels.
You will receive training to undertake this role working with and learning from staff who are experts in their field along with junior staff, other support workers and students.
You will receive supervision and annual appraisal and take an active role within your own personal development using our competency framework.
We deliver services from 8:00 – 20:00 and the post holder must be flexible to work early, late and long day shifts. Post holder will be required to commit to 7 day working pattern. A roster is in place for weekend and bank holiday shifts.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work with minimal supervision to undertake a variety of clinical tasks to support the delivery of therapy to patients. They are to have delegated responsibility for a specified clinical area and assess, prioritise and manage own caseload of patients, determine problems and treatment indicated and maintain comprehensive records.
Work with minimal direction, undertaking a variety of non-clinical tasks to support the Therapy service. To be delegated training responsibilities to other staff groups.
The post holder will have a shared responsibility for departmental tasks to ensure the effective running of the Therapy Service. Following training the post holder is to assist in the management/treatment of patients in the Trust under the instruction of the Therapists as appropriate.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTec Certificate/Diploma or the Foundation Degree in Health Studies (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- NVQ in Care or equivalent Level III
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience as a Health Care (Support) Worker including some within Therapy Service
- Previous experience of people with illness, injury or physical disability in a formal (work related) or informal (home/social related) capacity
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively
Attitude, aptitude
Essential criteria
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
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
- Kate McCabe
- Job title
- Operational Lead T&O Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 647821
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