Acupuncturist

You will be responsible for providing acupuncture to support clients undergoing rehabilitation to help support with pain management, sleep, anxiety and promote physical and emotional wellbeing.

Benefits

While you are supporting our clients through their journey, STEPS will support you with a fantastic benefits package:

• Free onsite parking for night workers
• Discounted travel pass scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement of 33 days holiday (pro rata)
• Life assurance scheme (four times your annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• Critical Illness Cover (three times your annual salary)
• Income protection scheme (75% in the case of illness or incapacity for up to five years)
• Paid time to complete mandatory training
• Free specialist internal training
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Blue light card
• Vivup benefits platform
• Access to support 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Programme
• 1% employee pension contribution with 7% employer contribution
• Benefit from supernumerary shifts as part of onboarding before commencing with your usual shift pattern

Specific Responsibilities

• To work with and support an inter-disciplinary team of nurses, rehabilitation assistants, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists and occupational therapists delivering care and rehabilitation. 
• Provide acupuncture within their individual sphere of competency, to meet client needs and in line with professional procedures and guidelines communicating sensitive condition related information in an empathetic and reassuring way. 
• Work as part of a complementary therapy team to assess client needs and in partnership with the client devise a treatment plan to meet those needs.
• Inform clients, carers and the STEPS team about the benefits and side effects of acupuncture as appropriate
• Monitor and review the effectiveness of the therapy given and modify as necessary
• To work autonomously with support available from a senior therapist as required.
• Identifying any additional support needs and refer to other health specialist as required.
• To maintain accurate and contemporaneous documentation according to STEPS standards including clinical notes and reports.

Desirable

• Safeguarding Level 2 / 3 training
• Care Certificate
• First Aid Training
• Experience working with people with complex care needs 
• Experience communicating with people with complex communication needs and ability to adapt accordingly  
• Client record/note keeping experience  
• Understanding of CQC (Care Quality Commission) Regulations, the Health and Social Care Act  
• Experience of working to clinical procedures and processes  
• Demonstrable experience and working knowledge of the Data Protection Act, Client Confidentiality, Equality and Diversity, and Safeguarding 
• Delivering basic first aid