Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen across the Bury Town, Haverhill and Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Teams for Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioners. With full time and part time hours available, dependent on base site, it's a rare opportunity to work as member of the community therapy services in West Suffolk.
With a spread of base sites ranging from market towns to picturesque villages you would be working as part of the INT therapy teams as part of a larger multidisciplinary team made up of nursing teams, matrons, physiotherapists, occupational therapy and colleagues across health and social care.
The teams are a busy dynamic space who are keen to actively support staff new to community consolidate and develop into role. If your passionate about working with people in their own homes to work towards achieving the best outcomes then we're keen to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist, your role would include:
- Managing a designated caseload of patients.
- Providing specific skilled support to the registered therapists in providing technical therapy interventions to patients.
- Use of an evidence-based, person-centred approach in the planning, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of agreed interventions.
- Following guidelines and protocols to promote the functional fitness of patients and to aid discharge from hospital in a way that is consistent with their abilities, preferences, and cultural beliefs.
- To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients using skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation, negotiation, and empathy.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for detail.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete on call duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for detail.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete on call duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Evidence of delivering care to a plan as directed by a clinician, feeding back the need for change in this programme or any other concerns.
- NVQ Level 3 or Diploma Level 3 QCF
- Foundation Degree or willingness to undertake
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in healthcare environment.
- Experience of contributing to assessment and care planning and carrying out interventions to contribute to service users' health and wellbeing.
Desirable
- Experience of providing health education
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good level of communication verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to actively listen
- IT literate
- Able to work on own initiative and able to work as part of a team
- Numeracy and Literacy Skills
- Ability to support and develop junior members of staff
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of Health & Safety legislation for self and others including manual handling legislation
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the need to improve effectiveness and efficiency and the need to develop services to meet the needs of the local population
- Involvement in service development initiatives
- Awareness of local adult care services, relevant voluntary organisations and private sector resources
- Able to recognise the importance of people's rights and able to act in accordance with legislation and guidance
- To have commitment to the delivery of an equitable patient/client centred service.
Desirable
- Involvement in tasks related to evaluation of services and quality initiatives
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance with particular relevance to quality initiatives
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Evidence of delivering care to a plan as directed by a clinician, feeding back the need for change in this programme or any other concerns.
- NVQ Level 3 or Diploma Level 3 QCF
- Foundation Degree or willingness to undertake
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in healthcare environment.
- Experience of contributing to assessment and care planning and carrying out interventions to contribute to service users' health and wellbeing.
Desirable
- Experience of providing health education
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good level of communication verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to actively listen
- IT literate
- Able to work on own initiative and able to work as part of a team
- Numeracy and Literacy Skills
- Ability to support and develop junior members of staff
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of Health & Safety legislation for self and others including manual handling legislation
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the need to improve effectiveness and efficiency and the need to develop services to meet the needs of the local population
- Involvement in service development initiatives
- Awareness of local adult care services, relevant voluntary organisations and private sector resources
- Able to recognise the importance of people's rights and able to act in accordance with legislation and guidance
- To have commitment to the delivery of an equitable patient/client centred service.
Desirable
- Involvement in tasks related to evaluation of services and quality initiatives
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance with particular relevance to quality initiatives
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
