Job summary
NHS Band 4 Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 Pro rata per annum
Hours per Week: 22.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
The Team covers a large geographical area, so being a confident and competent car driver and owner is essential.

Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Associate Practitioner to join us. The Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team is a nationally respected Early Supported Discharge Team. It is an essential part of the Portsmouth Hospitals Stroke Pathway, ensuring the timely transfer of patients out of hospital for rehabilitation at home. The purpose of this role is to provide specialist stroke rehabilitation to patients in their own home and community setting under indirect supervision of qualified professionals.

About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job responsibilities

• Assessing, ordering, and fitting of variety of equipment and adaptations
• Completing a variety of relevant outcome measures
• Following and progressing therapy and care plans
• Accurate documentation, including activity and care plans, discharge summaries
• Risk assessment and management of day to day tasks
• Being part of completing follow up reviews

For further information about the role please refer to the Job Description

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Level 2 Functional skills (English & Mathematics GCSE grade 4).
• Level 3 Qualifications: NVQ 3, Diploma, T level or relevant experience or relevant short courses.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Significant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting.
• Full driving license with appropriate car insurance.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Recognise own strengths and limitations.

Desirable

• Health and Social Care Foundation degree or equivalent.
• Knowledge and experience of working with stroke patients.
• Experience of working in community setting.
• Competent IT skills.
• Knowledge of relevant multi-disciplinary team members roles (nursing physiotherapy occupational therapy speech and language therapy).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.