Job summary
- Main area
- Homefirst Assessor
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months fixed term contract until 31/10/26)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Covers 8am-6pm, 7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 201-25-767
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hayle Community Centre
- Town
- Hayle
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Home First Therapy Assessor
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
The Homefirst and Community Rehabilitation teams are part of the Penwith Integrated Community Team comprising registered and non-registered nursing, therapy and administrative staff working collaboratively with partner organisations to support the intermediate care needs of our local population.
This position is open to physiotherapists and occupational therapists with experience of working in the community and who wish to develop their assessment, care planning and reablement skills whilst being part of a dynamic, integrated, multiagency, multidisciplinary team.
You will be responsible for assessment, planning and implementation of care and assist in the interpretation of information relevant to the patient’s condition/progress, identify problems and needs and set realistic goals. You will need excellent organisational skills along with a wide knowledge base and experience of working in older person’s services.
We will offer a working environment in which to develop your clinical and interpersonal skills, a structured in-service training programme; appraisal and supervision system.
We are based in Hayle and cover Penwith including Hayle, Penzance, St Ives, Marazion, Land's End and surrounding areas.
This is a 37.5 hour post and days are planned over a 7 day rota which involves regular weekend working and some bank holidays: the successful candidate must be flexible with their working days. We cover 8am-6pm.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be able to a triage, assess and provide evidence based treatment plans for adults within the catchment area, either in their own homes or nursing and care homes.
To work alongside the wider multidisciplinary teams within the community, liaising with the community and acute hospitals, Adult Social Care and the Voluntary Services.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
- Substantial post registration clinical experience in a similar role
- Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of managing the risks associated with working in a lone working environment
- Evidence of appropriate postgraduate courses and CPD to support practice, to degree equivalent level
- A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Confident and competent leadership with the ability to work in diverse and complex situations
- Ability to make clinical risk-management decisions in lone-working situations
- Awareness of safeguarding policies and procedures
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical skills
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills that will enable to post holder to work effectively across boundaries and in a variety of settings.
- Imparting bad news to patients and their families/carers; demonstrating the ability to communicate in a form and manner that is consistent with the level of understanding, culture, background and preferred communication method of each individual
- Clear understanding of clinical effectiveness and the need to provide evidence based care
- IT literate
Desirable criteria
- Teaching, Assessing, coaching and mentoring skills to facilitate an effective learning environment for staff and students
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Hemelik
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01736 758524
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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