Assistant Practitioner - Hitchin
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- £13.40-13.88 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 33 Days AL
- Health Cash Plan (from June)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent training and support
- Company Pension
- Eye voucher scheme
- Long service and staff awards
- Free parking
- To support the assessment, planning, and consistent implementation and evaluation of individualised health care for an identified group of service users within scope of competency/practice or under the direction of the registered professional, liaising and working collaboratively with the multi disciplinary team to deliver high quality care to service users.
- To maintain high standards of care delivery by working within assessed areas of competency, following national clinical guidelines and Brainkind policies and procedures. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff
- To ensure continuity of patient care by communicating and liaising with nurses, therapists and other colleagues, providing accurate and timely reports of any changes in the condition of the resident
- To promote choice in all aspects of clinical practice reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the patient/resident and carer experience and enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by all involved in the service. To support and promote service user participation to enable them to have their views and experiences taken into account in the way care is provided and delivered
- To promote an organisational culture where staff are empowered to challenge inappropriate behaviour and unsafe practice using appropriate organisational processes via line manager or by using our internal whistle blowing policy
- Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks
- To support the assessment, planning, and consistent implementation and evaluation of individualised health care for an identified group of service users within scope of competency/practice or under the direction of the registered professional, liaising and working collaboratively with the multi disciplinary team to deliver high quality care to service users.
- To maintain high standards of care delivery by working within assessed areas of competency, following national clinical guidelines and Brainkind policies and procedures. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff
- To ensure continuity of patient care by communicating and liaising with nurses, therapists and other colleagues, providing accurate and timely reports of any changes in the condition of the resident
- To promote choice in all aspects of clinical practice reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the patient/resident and carer experience and enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by all involved in the service. To support and promote service user participation to enable them to have their views and experiences taken into account in the way care is provided and delivered
- To promote an organisational culture where staff are empowered to challenge inappropriate behaviour and unsafe practice using appropriate organisational processes via line manager or by using our internal whistle blowing policy
- Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks
- ABOUT YOU:
- Level 5 Foundation Degree in Assistant Practitioner (Healthcare)
- Experience of working in healthcare and desirable experience of working in specialist service i.e. Neuro/Palliative
- Experience of working within a clinical setting
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its impact on current practice
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to build effective working relationships with both clients and colleagues
- An ability to respond to people in distress
- ABOUT YOU:
- Level 5 Foundation Degree in Assistant Practitioner (Healthcare)
- Experience of working in healthcare and desirable experience of working in specialist service i.e. Neuro/Palliative
- Experience of working within a clinical setting
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its impact on current practice
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to build effective working relationships with both clients and colleagues
- An ability to respond to people in distress