We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Community Assistant Practitioner to join our therapy team, supporting patients in their own homes, care homes, and community settings. Working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, you will assist in delivering rehabilitation programmes, support individuals living with long-term conditions, and contribute to palliative care interventions. Your role will focus on helping patients regain and maintain independence, achieve their personal goals, improve their quality of life, and reduce the need for unnecessary hospital admissions. Previous therapy experience is desirable.
To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community, Community Hospitals, and clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.
To work within a reablement philosophy, using strengths-based assessments and actively promoting independence for the patients.
Please see the job description for a more thorough list of duties.
Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
1. To contribute to the delivery of care packages for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
2. To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
3. To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
4. To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
Please see the job description for a more thorough list of duties.
