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Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner
The closing date is 16 June 2026
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Assistant Therapy Practitioner to join the Home First in the South of Staffordshire. You will be responsible for delivering high quality rehabilitation to patients with a range of physical health conditions including MSK, Stroke, Parkinson's disease, Neurological conditions, Spinal Injuries, Cancer, Post Surgery, General Frailty, Amputees, plus a wide range of other conditions which provides you with a varied and exciting experience within our service.
You will work jointly alongside qualified therapists with complex patients and will work autonomously within their scope of practice. This is a dynamic post which will be evaluated and adjusted to reflect the needs of the service, local population and feedback from users and staff. Your feedback and input will be essential to the development and shaping of the role.
You will be required to travel independently and efficiently over a large geographical area and will attend planned lone visits to individual’s homes.
Main duties of the job
The role involves managing a caseload of adults in close liaison with the Home First Team. Many of these patients will have multiple complex health needs. Within scope of practice this role provides the opportunity for you to undertake independent, holistic assessments with service users in their normal place of residence using manual assessment techniques, analytical and clinical reasoning skills.
The Assistant Practitioner role supports the work of a range of different professions ensuring that the individuals' physical, psychological, and emotional needs and preferences are met.
* To carry out and progress rehabilitation programmes set by qualified therapists
* To complete secondary assessments following hospital discharge, including triage, subjective and objective assessments for appropriate patients. Within the scope of practice and competency for the role, responsible for identifying clinical need for input from MDT. To set and review SMART goals for individual patients.
* To discharge appropriate patients from the service, following appropriate pathways, completing appropriate onward referrals, completing timely discharge summaries and to signpost to community and voluntary groups.
Please note that the position will require you to work Bank Holidays and the shift patterns covering an early and late shift across the 5 days over 7 will be from 9am-8pm.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information regarding this post then please refer to the Job Description and person specification together with qualifications required for this post.
Any applicants who do not hold the Assistant Practitioner FdSc Apprenticeship level 5 Foundation Degree qualification will require English and Maths at GCSE grade C/4 or above or functional skills level 2, and evidence of successful study at level 3 e.g. A level, NVQ, BTEC or completion of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) to be eligible to commence this course on successful completion of their probationary period.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* NVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or a foundation degree in Health and Social Care or the equivalent level of knowledge and skills acquired through experience
* GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths or equivalent
* Good written and spoken English
* Further courses appropriate to rehabilitation e.g. Upper Limb course, Bobath based courses
* Has attended previous in-service training events related to rehabilitation
Experience
* Considerable recent practice as a therapy assistant working in the NHS / Private sector
* Working with patients with nursing, therapy or social care needs
* Working in a multi-disciplinary team
* Working with care / treatment plans
* Working in a changing environment
* Experience in community rehabilitation
* Experience in working with individuals with complex communication, cognitive and mental health needs
* Experience of falls risk assessment/rehabilitation
Skills, Knowledge & Attibutes
* Working in a team environment
* Assessment and provision of equipment
* Demonstrate observational skills and ability to report back to team members
* Demonstrate effective communication and listening skills
* Ability to teach people new skills
* Medical conditions and disease processes e.g. Stroke, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Osteoarthritis and Cancer
* A basic knowledge of normal movement, spasticity and rehabilitation approaches e.g. facilitation and normal movement and balance re-education
* How to assess basic patient observations, recognise a medically unwell patient and escalating appropriately
* Experience of specific assessment techniques, such as assessing range of movement, muscle power, goniometry and previous experience of using outcome measures
Personal Attributes
* Access to a car for work purposes
* Flexibility and ability to work 37.5hrs with the possibility of bank holiday, weekend working and working early and late shift patterns until 20:00 PM
* Able to demonstrate empathy to others
* Able to demonstrate the ability to motivate others
* Experience of working with individuals with complex communication, cognitive and mental health needs
* Can demonstrate that they meet the Trust values and behaviours
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Greyfriars Therapy Centre
Unit 2, Greyfriars Business Park, Frank Foley Way
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