Job overview

The Therapy Department at Luton and Dunstable Hospital is delighted to offer a rare and exciting opportunity to join our Complex Medicine team as a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner.

Our team is well known for its supportive, lively, and fun approach to work, and we’ve recently developed team values that reflect this spirit in everything we do.

If you have a solution-focused mindset, enjoy working with people, and are passionate about helping patients reach their potential and return home from hospital, this could be the perfect role for you.

We are currently involved in a number of projects designed to make the patient journey as smooth as possible. One example is our Long Stay Wednesday initiative, which supports patients who have been in hospital longer than expected and helps them reach the safest discharge destination.

We would love to hear from you - please get in touch to find out more or apply today.

Please note: this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Main duties of the job

1. To accept patients referred to by an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist and hold responsibility for own caseload, mainly working without direct supervision but with regular liaison with the Therapist. At these times access to advice and support from a Therapist is available if required. All clinical work is routinely evaluated and monitored by an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist on a regular basis
2. To accept patients referred by the Multi-disciplinary Team and relay all necessary information to the Therapists to allow timely interventions.
3. To treat all patients according to set treatment protocols, monitor progression and make alterations as required, within agreed parameters.
4. To complete all parts of the therapy intervention including discharge planning and onward referrals.
5. To develop and maintain competencies through Continuing Professional development (CPD).

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.