Assistant Practitioner Location: Hitchin
88 per hour DOE
Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. Stagenhoe is a Brainkind specialist neurological care centre based in Hertfordshire, caring for people aged 18 and over a range of neurological conditions. At Stagenhoe, we provide the care people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs.
Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support and help improve the lives of people with a neurological condition or brain injury.
To provide best possible quality care and support to service users and their carers/family. To support the assessment, planning, consistent implementation and evaluation of high standards of personalised nursing care or therapy for an identified group of service users under the direction of a registered professional.
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. 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
Level 5 Foundation Degree in Assistant Practitioner (Healthcare)
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
We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.
Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **
*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.