Assistant practitioner - Urgent Care

Exciting opportunity to work within the MDT environment of the Urgent Care Team supporting early hospital discharges and responding to urgent community response referrals to help prevent admissions to hospital.
To work within the Torbay urgent care team with support and supervision from the multi-disciplinary team. To providing an urgent care service to patients to promote faster recovery from illness, prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions, support timely discharge and maximise independent living. Working towards ensuring the national targets for urgent care response are met by providing timely interventions in line with the 2 hour and 24-hourresponse times. This post also covers some intermediate care work to help with patient flow., Completing assessments within patients' homes, providing equipment, carrying out observations under the supervision of the occupational therapists, physiotherapists and nurses. The main focus will be around hospital avoidance rapid assessment to prevent hospital admission or facilitate early discharge. We provide a 7-day service covering the hours of 8am to 7pm including weekends., · Participate in service developments to enhance the range and scope of services provided to patients and their carers
· Participate in the audit and evaluation of the service
· Rehabilitation within the main unit
· To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
· Wherever possible to contribute to avoidance of hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
· To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making

Planning and organisation
· The post-holder will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service; this will include seven day working across weekend and bank holiday working, or working in other localities as necessary to meet the needs of the service
· To take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients

Physical skills
· Combination of sitting, walking or standing, using I.T. equipment to input and gather information. To travel to meetings, on visits or to other workplaces
· To use telephone equipment and headsets

Patient and client care
· Work proactively with patients and their families to develop personalised care plans which reflect their choices for end-of-life care
· Liaise closely with a range of providers of palliative care service, so that people will receive quality care aligned to the Gold Standards Framework
· Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives, ensuring other relevant agencies are involved
· To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.
· To record activity on a clinical data base as required
· Assist in the monitoring and protecting of groups and individuals whose health and well-being may be at risk e.g.: vulnerable adults
· To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc
· Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner

Policy and service development
· Ensure that own contribution to service is delivered in a way that meet the diverse population of Southern Devon and adhere to the trust policy on equality and diversity
· To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised person-centred patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body's guidelines

Finance, equipment and other resources
· To participate in ordering of specific equipment, in line with instructions and ensuring safe practice
· Participate in ordering and monitoring of stores, equipment and other appropriate tasks
· Undertake statutory and mandatory and other training as requested

People management and training
· Be responsible for own personal development and to keep up to date with current issues in clinical field, to include participation and attendance at related meetings, mandatory and in-service training days
· Participate in appraisal system and maintain own portfolio of professional practice
· Participate in clinical supervision in support of continuing professional development
· To contribute to the supervision of non-registered health care support workers.
· To support junior members of staff and students, promoting and monitoring best practice
· Develop and maintain skills required for patients within a community setting in line with appraisal and KSF
· To participate in supervision and appraisal and take responsibility for own professional development
· Work with patients and carers to teach and educate them about the early warning signs to prevent crises
· Contribute to the planning, development and implementation of educational programmes for staff, patients and carers

Research and development
· Support research-based practice
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You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a 'Staff Carers' policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer's Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
+ We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
+ Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
+ Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly.
+ Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
+ If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
+ It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.