Urgent Community Response Therapy Community Assistant Practitioner
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
King's Lynn, PE30 5NUView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 November 2026
17 days leftJob description
The West Urgent Community Response Therapy Team is recruiting Have you a passion for therapy and supporting people to remain in their own homes and ac...
As part of the Urgent Community Response Team, you will be required to:
- Contribute to the delivery of therapy care pathways for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
- Work within the Urgent Community Response Therapy Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
- Work within the Urgent Community Response Therapy Team to support early discharge from hospital.
- Work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
Assess patients with straight forward therapy requirements based on predetermined department protocols.2. Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.3. Work generically applying competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment pathway.4. Observe patients carrying out daily activites in their own homes as well as giving advice on equipment or methods they may use to make these taskseasier.5. Assist the patient with personal care as appropriate.6. Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.7. Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.8. Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.9. Make basic judgements on patients response to prescribed treatment, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.10.Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these aredocumented on SystmOne.11.Ensure that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.12.Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.13.Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/rehabilitation and management plan.14.Liaise with the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and communicate with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector as required to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
Supervision will be provided by Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Band 7 Clinical Lead Physiotherapist. We offer the opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team with opportunities for on-going professional development.
Interviews will be held face-to-face in St James Clinic, exceptional circumstances for remote interviews will be considered.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Find out more about working for our organisation here:https://online.flippingbook.com/view/226719057/
Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. Applications from candidates requiring sponsorship to work in the UK cannot be considered.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 3 in health and social care or equivilent experience
- Foundation Degree programme or equivalent demonstratable knowledge and skills acquired through training and experience
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
- Good communication skills
- A team player
- Highly motivated
- Able to provide high standards of care
- Tact & diplomacy
- Empathy & sensitivity
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to manage stressful situations
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
Desirable: - Experience of working within a community care setting; - Knowledge of SystmOne
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional appearance
- The ability to: kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
- Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
- Manoeuvre patients using handling aid
- Be reliable
Other
Essential
- The post holder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post through occupational health with any reasonable aids and adaptations if necessary. Some roles require additional level of checks as part of the employment process, i.e. roles which come into contact with children, vulnerable adults or their families
- Must hold full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle
- Be able to make own travel arrangements to patients, clinics, base and meetings as required
- This is a 7 day a week service and some weekend working will be expected. Hours of service delivery, 8am-8pm
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
9 November 2026
Last checked
11 November 2026
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