Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Community Therapy Assistant Practitioner | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Company

Company: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Are you looking for a new challenge?

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are an integrated NHS and Social Care Trust offering opportunities for a Community Assistant Practitioner in the therapy team in South Norfolk.

We have an opportunity to work in the community within the therapy team based at Long Stratton Health Centre, with an expectation to work across the South Locality if and when required.

The area you will cover is in the picturesque rural Norfolk countryside, working alongside a friendly supportive multidisciplinary team.

Clinical support will be provided by the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy registered staff, along with attendance at and contribution to in-service training.

There is also support and development through regular appraisals, a personal development plan and regular formal supervision.

We would welcome applicants with a ‘can do’ attitude who reflect the values (compassion, creativity and community) and behaviours of the organisation.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and have a varied caseload, supporting functions along the Falls Pathway, long term condition management, progressive neurology management, prevention of admission and early supported discharge from hospital to patients in their own homes and care homes.

The successful candidate will have a good baseline knowledge of therapy and additional training can be given for various aspects of the role.

You will also be expected to work at the Hub in Wymondham on a regular basis gaining experience in triage duties alongside community work.

You will be required to work between Monday and Friday, and be motivated, with excellent communication skills.

There will be a need for you to provide your own transport to and from your home to your base and patient’s homes and care homes.

EEC have electronic patient records and there is an expectation that you will be a mobile worker using a laptop to enable you to work with your patients and record their care during the clinical consultation where appropriate.

You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.

Clinical

The post holder will

• Assess patients with straightforward requirements based on predetermined department protocols.
• Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
• Apply competency-based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
• Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.
• Prepare for and develop individual/group activities to meet defined intervention needs.
• Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.
• Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.
• Make basic judgements on patients’ response to prescribed treatment, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
• Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients and ensure these are documented in personal work diary.
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that Systm One inputting is completed on a daily basis.
• 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.
• Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patient’s cooperation in their treatment/care/management plan.
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e. g. Gold Standard Framework.
• Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.
• Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e. g., taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers, passive exercises.
• Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained appropriately.
• Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
• Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.
• Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent and gain consent as appropriate following department policy.
• Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning specialist equipment and general housekeeping tasks.
• Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks, such as, answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data.
• Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
• Demonstrate basic IT and standard keyboard skills.
• Professional

The post holder will

• To be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at and participation in staff meetings, training sessions, courses and reflective practice.
• To participate in the staff appraisal scheme as an appraisee, maintaining a dynamic personal development plan.
• To demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situations.
• To provide peer support to other carers.
• To develop competencies to enhance practice and ability to meet needs of patients and the service.
• This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Aug 2026
• Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
• Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
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