Description
We are seeking a motivated Assistant Practitioner (Nursing Associate qualified) to join our dynamic Rapid Response Team, delivering urgent community-based care to patients in their own homes.
The post holder will work as part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), avoiding preventable admissions to the acute hospital settings. Assist with delivering nursing and therapy care as part of a multi-professional service/team, in the patient's own home or community setting. Undertake visits and holistic assessment of needs and assist with ongoing management of personalised care, thus reducing the need for an acute admission.
The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working within their scope of practice. They will supervise Band 3 support workers in the team. They will be committed to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
Responsibilities include:
- Organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work
- Carrying out assessments in patients' own homes within the scope of practice and guidelines
- Contributing to and identifying care planning and delivery in the patient's own home
- Independently managing a rapidly changing patient caseload with support from senior members of the team
- Having organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures, and adhering to them
- Providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes
- Responding quickly to emergency situations in the community
The Assistant Practitioner will support all clinical practitioners within the Rapid Response Team, including Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), in the delivery of assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and ongoing care.
Benefits of working with us include:
- Award-winning equality and diversity initiatives
- Staff health and wellbeing activities
- Investment in your development
- Level 3 Disability Confident Leader
- Recognition in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years
- Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation
Our values are:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together with our communities
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