Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner

• Assess and treat patients with a wide variety of orthopaedic and trauma-related conditions.
• Work across therapy professions using competency-based practice to provide holistic care within the orthopaedic department.
• Support and lead discharge planning to facilitate safe and timely patient discharge.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced acute environment.
• Undertake one-to-one pre-operative assessments for elective orthopaedic patients.
• Manage a ward-based caseload and contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Support the learning and development of therapy students on placement.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives and the ongoing development of the orthopaedic therapy service.

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Essential

• Previous acute setting experience as a Health Care Assistant and aware of therapy role
• Previous experience of working as an Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy assistant

Desirable

• Previous experiences as an Assistant Practitioner role
• Experience working clinically within Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Evidence of working with Medical patients