Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
RRIC Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioner
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Band 4 Assistant Practitioner
We are seeking a compassionate, innovative, and enthusiastic Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to join our Southern Rapid Response and Intermediate Care.
Responsibilities
This role includes assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating exercise and education programmes according to the needs of the referred individuals while working independently and with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working with patients with complex healthcare or rehabilitation needs
- Demonstrate clinical reasoning skills to assess and treat patients within service protocols without immediate direct supervision
Duties
- Deliver clinical and therapeutic care within set protocols and within the scope of the Assistant Practitioner.
- Perform patient assessment, plan, and deliver high standards of care.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate individual care/treatment plans in accordance with proven competency and after appropriate delegation from a registered practitioner.
- Be responsible for carrying a caseload of non-complex patients.
- Coordinate and undertake the safe admission, transfer, and discharge of patients in accordance with Trust policies.
- Perform safe, effective, and timely discharge planning.
- Assist patients in maintaining their personal hygiene, including oral hygiene, grooming, and dressing needs with respect to culture and religious needs, ensuring privacy and dignity at all times.
- Enable and assist the patient as directed or outlined within the patient’s goal planning progress plan appropriate to their ability and condition.
- Be responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment/mobility aids.
- Promptly report any equipment failures or accidents to the Therapy staff and other appropriate members of staff, following the correct departmental procedures.
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Development and Support
You will be supported with training and career development opportunities, which includes a Nationally recognised care certificate and local team competency programme. You will have the opportunity to develop your expertise in a community setting with patients with a range of conditions.
Benefits
- Learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- Flexible and agile working opportunities.
- NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
- A range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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About Us
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
Vision and Mission
- Vision: To provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
- Mission: To provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- CARE values: Collaborate, Aspire, Respect, and Enable.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Jakub Ludek
- Job Title: Amersham RRIC Team Lead
- Email Address: jakub.ludek@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07789920830
RRIC Clinical Lead
- Name: Sumit Khanna
- Email Address: sumit.khanna1@nhs.net
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