Role Summary
The Falls Assistant Practitioner is a new, innovative pilot role, progressing the Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes work. The role will be a pivotal member of the Adult Health and Social Care team linking with and supporting the multidisciplinary team including care workers.
The Falls Assistant Practitioner will work closely with the Falls Prevention Clinical Practitioner by providing Falls Prevention and Awareness training to care workers. The post holder will also be establishing links and liaising between care homes and other aspects of the health and social care community within Exeter, Mid and East Devon. The post holder will participate in audit and research to measure clinical effectiveness and user satisfaction.
Whilst the post holder will not hold a clinical caseload, they will be expected to provide support directly to individual people as well as care providers. Please see Job Description for further detail.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
We are looking for a dynamic Assistant Practitioner to join our dedicated and highly professional Falls Prevention team working in Exeter, Mid and East Devon. This is a great opportunity to introduce innovative approaches to providing Falls Prevention and Awareness training and support to the health and social care community, whilst working closely with the Falls Prevention Clinical Practitioner.
The post holder will work within Exeter, Mid and East Devon to provide Falls Prevention and Awareness training to care homes and colleagues in: Primary care, Community Nursing, Allied Health Professionals, Social Services and voluntary agencies.
The post holder should have good IT skills including, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and MyCare, as data collection is an essential part of this role.
This post brings great scope for integrated working, and the post holder will be able to demonstrate their passion for Falls Prevention and their ability to enhance relationships with care provider colleagues. This is a community-based post and will include driving to support patients/residents within their own care settings and also participate in wider team activities within the Trust both in person and through MS Teams events.
We welcome enquiries about this role before or during your application process.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Interview Date: To be confirmed
For further information please contact: Will Lawry - Falls Prevention Clinical Practitioner on 07435 866368 or email will.lawry@nhs.net
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months. For current NHS Employees this post could be a secondment opportunity
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
