Address A fantastic opportunity has arisen to appoint Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner. It can be considered as a B3-4 developmental post. We have several posts that are currently available at Pilgrim Hospital. The Therapy Assistant Practitioner posts are for our Inpatient Therapy Team working within accident and emergency, older adults, medical and the orthopaedic wards with our experienced Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. These posts have initially been funded for four months in the hope of them becoming permanent. We are interested in hearing from candidates who would like to work with us on a bank contract, 6 month fixed term contract or secondment.
Our team aims to maximise an individual’s abilities, with a focus on patient-centred goals, whilst enabling a safe discharge from hospital. With good MDT working and strong links with our community colleagues, our friendly team work together, helping to support patient flow, ensuring a smooth transition between hospital and community settings.
This post would be ideal for someone who has experience as a Therapy Assistant (Physio or Occupational Therapy) with the required qualifications for this role commencing as a Band 4, and also for someone who would like to develop in their career to a Band 4. Training is available to support with this opportunity.
The role requires the successful candidate to work as part of a team to manage a designated workload (within a scope of practice), maintain appropriate records, and accept accountability and responsibility for their own actions. The post holder will need to be able to work autonomously, with close supervision/support from a qualified team member, and as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
There will be opportunities to engage in service developments and training and the post holder will assist with the supporting and skill development of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff including assistants, apprentices and students.
To evaluate patient’s progress and use own judgement to make amendments to the treatment programme within their scope of practice.
To undertake administrative and some house-keeping duties to support the Therapy service.
The post holder will be required to work Bank Holidays & weekends as part of a rota.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
