ACST Practitioner (Access to Community Services Team)

The Access to Community Services Team (ACST) currently have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and dynamic practitioner. This can be a nurse, an occupational therapist or a physiotherapist. The vacancy is permanent full time (37.5 hours).

The ACST are based primarily on the Emergency Care Centre at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary where their remit is to plan and facilitate safe and early discharge from the Emergency Care Centre.

The team is dynamic and proactive in their approach to healthcare and currently provide a full operational service between the hours of 8am - 6pm, 7 days per week., The successful candidate will work with our established team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists and will have the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will be expected to perform comprehensive generic assessments within the Emergency Care Centre and short stay areas to achieve a safe and effective discharge from hospital.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of working within an acute setting with patients presenting with complex medical, functional and social problems. Experience of working in a range of settings and knowledge of community services would be an advantage. This post involves working across professional boundaries and challenges traditional practice. To support this we provide a sound supervision structure and training.

Evidence of personal development is essential.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.