Associate Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen for a band 4 associate practitioner to join us for a 9 -12 month secondment.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 post holder will be working with a large but very closely working MDT with competencies across several disciplines: occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and nursing. You willingness and ability to learn new skills as working across MDT is essential as well as excellent communication skills. You will be working mostly Monday to Friday 7.30/8am -15.30/16.00 plus providing some weekend cover on a rota basis. You will be carrying out but also progressing patient rehabilitation under indirect guidance. Experience of working with patients with neurological deficit and community working would be desirable. You need to be a confident car driver and user, as the team covers a large geographical area.

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals, 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.