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Job overview

A vacancy has become available for a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner within the Community Physiotherapy service in North East Lincolnshire.  

This position is based in the community therapy team with a range of other occupational therapy and physiotherapy staff supporting individuals to remain safe and as independent as possible in their own homes.  The post holder will work independently with allocated clients referred to the service, once they have completed the relevant competencies to do so. The caseload of clients treated will have been triaged by registered practitioners prior to allocation.  They will also work jointly with the therapists or other assistants  to provide interventions with clients who have more complex needs.  They will provide physiotherapy assessment and intervention for a range of patients and abilities, providing support with mobility, balance, strength and function.  Interventions can include rehabilitation, equipment and advice and education.  They will work alongside the other members of the multidisciplinary team.

This team sees  patients with a range of different presentations  in the community, in their own homes, and Care homes.    Your role will involve  assessment and treatment  using  appropriate  intervention and rehabilitation   for these individuals to improve their abilities, mobility and aid  safe independent  function in their homes.

Main duties of the job

The focus of the role is to assess and support individuals to facilitate safety and function in their home environment. Interventions can therefore include a range of assessments and rehabilitation activities, assistive equipment,  advice and information sharing.

Excellent communication skills are required to ensure a collaborative approach to patient care from the multidisciplinary team involved.

The post holder will be required to hold a Foundation Degree in Professional Practice or an equivalent Level 5 qualification in a relevant subject area.

The purpose of the post is to provide a high standard of therapy service working under the supervision of registered Occupational and Physiotherapists.

Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.