Band 4 Associate Practitioner inGravesend inGravesend PUBLISHED 25 DEC 2023

As an Band 4 Associate Practitioner, youll be part of our valued team at Garden City, GravesendCommunity Hospital.

You will feel valued as a Band 4 Associate Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• A salary of 25,200.00-27,825.00 with group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

We have an exciting opportunity for a Associate Practitioner to join our Garden City Team, based withinGravesendCommunity Hospital.

This is an ideal opportunity if you are an experienced rehabilitation/therapy assistant looking to develop your knowledge and skill set, as we offer professional development through an Associate Practitioner Apprenticeship,and you have a strong passion for leading group exercise sessions.

Due to the travel included in this role, a Full UK driving license with access to a car

is needed to carry out the duties of the post.

As a Band 4 Associate Practitioner you will be:

• Ensure correct use of confidential information and sensitive information in line with Caldicott and Information Governance Policies
• To participate in the ongoing development and evaluation of the pulmonary rehab pathway.
• To undertake clinical observations including blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature, heart rate and SATS.
• To undertake blood tests as requested from registered clinicians/ GPs/Consultants, following training in accordance with organisational policy.
• Communicate effectively so that the appropriate member of the MDT is aware of any change to a patients needs or problems.
• Provide appropriate professional with up to date accurate information regarding patients progress.
• Be able to independently evaluate progress of treatment and provide consistent feedback (verbal/written) to qualified practitioner.
• Be able to deal with sensitive and emotive situations/information which may be distressing to individual patients using appropriate verbal communication skills.

Please see job description for full list of responsibilities.