Band 3 Therapy Support Worker - Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 3 Therapy Support Worker to join our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be cross site working and heavily involved in the coordination and running of Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes across our hospital and community venues. This is a new role that will support both the Outpatient Respiratory and Community Respiratory Teams in their Pulmonary Rehabilitation service delivery

The post is open to applicants with the relevant skills to join our Multi-disciplinary team of Physiotherapists Occupational Therapists and Respiratory nurse specialists, support workers and admin staff. The team fosters a strong emphasis on collaborative working to promote exercise and wellbeing to patients with chronic respiratory conditions in a variety of settings.

Candidates need to have the relevant experience and be highly motivated. The post holders will have excellent communication, a flexible approach and the ability to work autonomously as well as in a team across multiple agencies. Excellent organisational and time management skills are also essential. This role has a strong administrative element and requires a good level of IT skills

This role includes requires the post holder to be a car driver with use of a vehicle for business purposes. We are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Patient and Client care

* To treat patients individually or in a group in a variety of settings

* To support registered Therapists with delivery of clinic or group sessions, coordinating patient flow, and undertaking appropriate measurements and first line assessments where required.

* In negotiation with the registered Therapist to provide a range of therapeutic activities that instruct and guide the client to achieve personal goals e.g: activities of daily living, physical compensatory or rehabilitative activities, appropriate exercises, gait re-education and stairs assessments.

* To complete delegated functional assessments and cognitive assessments.

* To deliver and assist Therapists in the rehabilitation of patients using a range of delegated exercises and manual physical skills, including the use of wheelchairs, lifting equipment, and hoists and also functional tasks and purposeful activities chose to help improve specific physical and cognitive deficits.

* To encourage patients and their carers to in an active approach to regain and maintain personal independence. This requires empathy, sensitivity and good interpersonal skills.

* To implement exercise programmes and treatments, as delegated by the Therapist

* To instruct patients and carers, providing direction and guidance on a range of physical therapy, mobility, and functional activities as directed by the therapists.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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