Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 040-ACS179-0725
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Park Road Wellbeing Centre
- Town
- Pontypool
- Salary
- £26,928 - £29,551 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Assistant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our dynamic team to work with people who have experienced Stroke or Brain injury as they return home from hospital and rebuild their lives. The successful applicant will work with a range of professional colleagues including occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists, a dietitian, and physiotherapists to support individual rehabilitation programmes with people in their own homes and communities. There will be opportunities to support the delivery of our Niwrostwt Neurological Recovery College programme and online groups. Applicants should have a level 3 qualification in a relevant field and will be required to undertake the AGORED level 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner practice-based Qualification.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
To contribute to the provision of health care to the people of Gwent by providing high quality, effective support and rehabilitation services to people who have had a stroke or brain injury enabling people to return home from hospital early and rebuild meaningful lives. This activity supports the ABUHB Clinical Futures work reducing length of hospital stay, providing care closer to home and establishing home as the hub.
The post holder will carry a delegated caseload of people with stroke and other neurological conditions and will work closely with registered clinicians within the service.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work as part of the CNRS multi-disciplinary team and have responsibility for delegated aspects of the clinical management of people who have had a stroke or brain injury and are deemed fit to return home on the stroke early supported discharge pathway or following a brain injury under the supervision of CNRS clinicians. This may be undertaken in individual settings carrying out treatment programs independent of the therapist according to an agreed program set by the therapist. You will gather person related background information related to the early supported discharge of people who have had a stroke or brain injury from inpatient hyper acute, acute or rehabilitation settings or in the community. This may involve nursing staff, medical notes, patient interviews, liaison with family/carers or other organisations.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of AGORED Level 3 qualification relevant to workplace or equivalent appropriate support worker training / qualifications
- STARS stroke training or equivalent
- Understanding of the complex nature of Rehabilitation.
Desirable criteria
- ECDL
- Advancing STARS stroke training
- Knowledge of a range of rehabilitation interventions
- Knowledge and application of Microsoft Word, and Outlook
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a support worker or in an allied field. Experience of managing own time and prioritising activities.
- Experience of self-development demonstrated by CPD portfolio. Experience of contributing to improving services
- Experience of working independently
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience as an OT/physio/SLT Assistant or HCSW
- Experience working with people following stroke or brain injury
- Experience of working in a variety of teams
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Sound oral/written communication skills Demonstrable interpersonal skills within individual and group situations
- Problem-solving skills Experience of adapting to new demands
- Reliable and responsible Motivated to direct own workload and workload of others
Desirable criteria
- Able to move and handle people with a physical disability
- Ability to speak Welsh
Values
Essential criteria
- Additional demonstrable qualities that may be beneficial to the role: care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment
Other
Essential criteria
- Experience of coping with distressing or emotional situations Able to cope with occasional exposure to challenging work environments
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eva Belinda Lewis
- Job title
- CNRS Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01495 363461
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