Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen across the Bury Town, Haverhill and Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Teams  for Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioners.  With full time and part time hours available, dependent on base site, it's a rare opportunity to work as member of the  community therapy services in West Suffolk. 

With a spread of base sites ranging from market towns to picturesque villages you would be working as part of the INT therapy teams as part of a larger multidisciplinary team made up of nursing teams, matrons, physiotherapists, occupational therapy and colleagues across health and social care. 

The teams are a busy dynamic space who are keen to actively support staff new to community consolidate and develop into role.  If your passionate about working with people in their own homes to work towards achieving the best outcomes then we're keen to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

 Under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist, your role would include:

• Managing a designated caseload of patients.
• Providing specific skilled support to the registered therapists in providing technical therapy interventions to patients.
• Use  of an evidence-based, person-centred approach in the planning, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of agreed interventions.
• Following guidelines and protocols to promote the functional fitness of patients and to aid discharge from hospital in a way that is consistent with their abilities, preferences, and cultural beliefs.
• To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients using skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation, negotiation, and empathy. 

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?