Apprentice Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner | Hospitals NHS Trust

Type: Apprentice
Region: East Midlands

The post of a Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner (AP) will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate assessment, treatment and discharge planning for patients under the supervision of a senior clinicians such as nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

The trainees will be based at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust until the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) opens in 2025, until then you will be based across various departments to gain experience and any training needed.

This role is an apprenticeship, you will be undertaking a Foundation degree during your 18 month apprenticeship in which you will have 20% off the job to undertake training and education with Birmingham City University. This typically looks like 1 day per week ‘off the job’ learning at Birmingham City University where you will complete various modules such as Foundations of rehabilitation, Principles of assessment, Evidence based rehabilitation and Lifelong rehabilitation.The apprenticeship course will have variable forms of assessment and completion of the apprenticeship will occur with successful completion of the End Point Assessment and Practice Assessment Document. You will receive a clinical supervisor and support and training to help you complete this apprenticeship.

The apprenticeship training will support the Rehab Assistant Practitioner apprentice to:

Process referrals,undertake assessments and treatment using clinical decision making tools to interpret this assessment information and plan treatment/discharge planning accordingly under the supervision of registered clinicians.

The Rehab Assistant Practitioner will work across the professions of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. Their role will be to integrate rehabilitation into all interactions with patients to optimise their recovery. This will include utilising varying equipment and technology throughout the day; appropriate training and expertise will be provided to facilitate this.

The role will require the post holder to lead group sessions such as education or exercise classes. The post holder will frequently work independently to promote wellbeing, safety and independence within essential activities of daily living, by providing instruction, advice and treatment to the patient and/or their carers.

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

This is a very exciting time to become part of the Rehabilitation team at NUH with just over a year to go before the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) opens. We are looking for ambitious and dedicated people to join us on this journey. The NRC programme is a programme to deliver a National Centre of excellence for rehabilitation, to provide our patients with the best possible care and outcomes as well as set a new standard for rehabilitation across the country. We are recruiting our second cohort of trainee rehabilitation assistant practitioners, a vital role that will help us deliver meaningful rehabilitation for our patients following serious injury or illness. The post of a Rehabilitation

Assistant Practitioner (AP) will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate assessment, treatment and discharge planning for patients under the supervision of a senior clinicians such as nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

See attached Job description and personal specification for full details.

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Jun 2024