Job summary
A rare and exciting opportunity has come up for two Therapy Support Workers in the Solihull Community Therapy and Specialist Falls Teams.
The role of the Band 4 Therapy Support Worker is to support the delivery of community-based assessments and rehabilitation to housebound individuals with a Solihull GP.
The role involves working in a Multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, a pharmacist and therapy support workers.
This role will involve levels of autonomy with overall supervision provided by a Team Lead and clinical supervisor, you will be responsible for an agreed specific caseload and will manage patients through their therapy journey with the team.
Alongside this you will be responsible for supporting all members of the team with admin related tasks to include managing telephone calls, monitoring and booking into staff ledgers, letter writing and triage, to ensure the services runs smoothly and efficiently.
Both services operate a 7-day working rota (weekend working) which the individual successfully securing the post will be expected to participate in. This post supports the teams 7 day working rota (weekend working) and requires a person with a full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Band 4 Therapy Support Worker is to support the delivery of community-based assessments and rehabilitation to housebound individuals with a Solihull GP and to support the team with smooth running and efficient working processes. We are looking for 2 experienced individuals to deliver the role requirements across the Solihull Community Therapy Team and the Solihull Specialist Falls Service. These roles are based on site at Solihull Hospital with some expected travel to provide domiciliary (home based) rehabilitation visits to patients within their own homes and care homes across Solihull. Both posts will also include administrative duties to support the services relating to day to day running, protocol-based triage, case management and patient flow.
The role involves working within a busy multidisciplinary team including registered Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and band 3 and 4 Support workers. These Community based services receive over 300 new referrals each month for patients (who are often older in age) and who may have been in hospital or who are in the community but require therapeutic specialist input.
The role will involve levels of autonomy with overall supervision provided by a qualified staff member. You will be responsible for managing an agreed specific clinical caseload to support patients through their therapy journey within the team.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Sound basic education to GCSE or equivalent including English at grade C or above
- *Educated to A Level / NVQ 3 or equivalent experience in appropriate area
Desirable
- *Evidence of recent education/ personal development
- *Care certificate or be willing to work towards this
Experience
Essential
- *Comprehensive experience supporting therapists in a relevant clinical setting
- *Comprehensive experience of the assessment and delivery of patient rehabilitation programmes
- *Experience of working with Older Adults
- *Working in line with Information Governance Standards
- *Can demonstrate an in depth understanding of relevant areas of therapy and the effect of illness/clinical condition/ disability on function and health
- *Thorough understanding of the role of a generic therapy support worker (OT / PT / Nursing Competencies)
- *Knowledge of equipment / aids / adaptations to aid independence
- *Good understanding of working in Community setting
- *Experience of working within the UK healthcare setting (NHS/ private)
Desirable
- *Experience of community working
- *Experience working in line with Lone Working policy
- *Able to carry out / follow basic subjective and objective assessments with guidance as required
- *Previous triage experience of therapy referrals
- *Previous community administrative responsibilities
- *Familiarity with Community IT services, i.e. SystmOne
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- *Good clinical reasoning skills
- *Confidence to follow and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team in a formal setting and to communicate effectively with a wide variety of other professionals, representing therapies internally and externally
- *Physical skills and fitness including dexterity and coordination needed for manual handling and treatment of patients and equipment
- *Good IT and keyboard skills
- *Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
- *Ability to take responsibility under guidance of therapist
- *Clear on own limitations and role boundaries
- *Ability to delegate and organise Band 3 Therapy Support Workers
- *Ability to solve problems and contribute own ideas seeking guidance where appropriate
- *Ability to organise, prioritise and be flexible to manage a busy workload
- *Ability to work under pressure
- *Approachable and demonstrates a caring attitude -- ensuring that their input is timely, safe and high quality
- *Maintains confidentiality at all times
- *Able to sit for long periods without issues to carry out administration duties
- *Enthusiasm to work as a Therapy Support Worker in this community therapy team, to follow our vision to enable independence and wellness for our local population within their own homes
- *Able to contribute to weekend working
- *Possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points and be willing to use own car for business use (business use car insurance)
- *Willingness to participate and at times lead in departmental activities, i.e. group supervision, course development, peer review, delivery of training
- *Demonstrates a commitment to CPD
- *Reliable and punctual and well organised
Desirable
- *Ability to take on delivery of training and education sessions
- *Keen to further develop the role and development areas of Therapy Support Workers within Solihull Community
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Sound basic education to GCSE or equivalent including English at grade C or above
- *Educated to A Level / NVQ 3 or equivalent experience in appropriate area
Desirable
- *Evidence of recent education/ personal development
- *Care certificate or be willing to work towards this
Experience
Essential
- *Comprehensive experience supporting therapists in a relevant clinical setting
- *Comprehensive experience of the assessment and delivery of patient rehabilitation programmes
- *Experience of working with Older Adults
- *Working in line with Information Governance Standards
- *Can demonstrate an in depth understanding of relevant areas of therapy and the effect of illness/clinical condition/ disability on function and health
- *Thorough understanding of the role of a generic therapy support worker (OT / PT / Nursing Competencies)
- *Knowledge of equipment / aids / adaptations to aid independence
- *Good understanding of working in Community setting
- *Experience of working within the UK healthcare setting (NHS/ private)
Desirable
- *Experience of community working
- *Experience working in line with Lone Working policy
- *Able to carry out / follow basic subjective and objective assessments with guidance as required
- *Previous triage experience of therapy referrals
- *Previous community administrative responsibilities
- *Familiarity with Community IT services, i.e. SystmOne
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- *Good clinical reasoning skills
- *Confidence to follow and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team in a formal setting and to communicate effectively with a wide variety of other professionals, representing therapies internally and externally
- *Physical skills and fitness including dexterity and coordination needed for manual handling and treatment of patients and equipment
- *Good IT and keyboard skills
- *Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
- *Ability to take responsibility under guidance of therapist
- *Clear on own limitations and role boundaries
- *Ability to delegate and organise Band 3 Therapy Support Workers
- *Ability to solve problems and contribute own ideas seeking guidance where appropriate
- *Ability to organise, prioritise and be flexible to manage a busy workload
- *Ability to work under pressure
- *Approachable and demonstrates a caring attitude -- ensuring that their input is timely, safe and high quality
- *Maintains confidentiality at all times
- *Able to sit for long periods without issues to carry out administration duties
- *Enthusiasm to work as a Therapy Support Worker in this community therapy team, to follow our vision to enable independence and wellness for our local population within their own homes
- *Able to contribute to weekend working
- *Possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points and be willing to use own car for business use (business use car insurance)
- *Willingness to participate and at times lead in departmental activities, i.e. group supervision, course development, peer review, delivery of training
- *Demonstrates a commitment to CPD
- *Reliable and punctual and well organised
Desirable
- *Ability to take on delivery of training and education sessions
- *Keen to further develop the role and development areas of Therapy Support Workers within Solihull Community
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
