Job summary
Would you like to work in the community? Do you want a new challenge? Come and join our Integrated Care Team -Therapy.
We have a part -time (3 day) Senior Therapy Assistant vacancy to work in a community therapy team in the North of the City. The Team treats adults over 16 referred from the Hospital, GPs, District Nurses, and other Health and Social Care services with a variety of conditions and therapy needs to maintaining and improve independent living.
The successful candidate will deliver rehabilitation programmes and provide equipment to patients within the home environment. You will work alongside occupational therapist, physiotherapists and specialist therapy assistants to progress rehabilitation and improve independence.
We work in an integrated way with the nursing teams to achieve the patient goals in a patient centred way. Staff are well supported with regular team meeting, supervision and training.
Main duties of the job
- To assist the interdisciplinary team in the provision of patient centred care.
- To implement packages of care and rehabilitation programmes in the community and complete patient records.
- Undertake assessment of patients within departmental guidelines.
- To assist the interdisciplinary team in maintaining an efficient working environment.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months (until June 2026). Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths or equivalent experience
- Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care/ OR diagnostic and therapeutic support or equivalent relevant qualification /experience
- Demonstrate commitment to life long learning via personal development file
Desirable
- IT training/qualifications or equivalent experience
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of either, working in rehabilitation e.g. as a therapy assistant or a rehabilitation assistant/ assistant practitioner or another rehabilitation setting
- To have worked independently managing own patient/client list
- Experience of liaising with other agencies, services and professional colleagues
Desirable
- To have worked in the community setting
Further Training
Essential
- Be able to assess, implement and assist in rehabilitation programmes
- Good verbal and non-verbal communicator with the ability to motivate people
- To understand and practice confidentiality
- To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature of the work
- To have prioritisation skills to independently manage own workload
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Computer literate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths or equivalent experience
- Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care/ OR diagnostic and therapeutic support or equivalent relevant qualification /experience
- Demonstrate commitment to life long learning via personal development file
Desirable
- IT training/qualifications or equivalent experience
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of either, working in rehabilitation e.g. as a therapy assistant or a rehabilitation assistant/ assistant practitioner or another rehabilitation setting
- To have worked independently managing own patient/client list
- Experience of liaising with other agencies, services and professional colleagues
Desirable
- To have worked in the community setting
Further Training
Essential
- Be able to assess, implement and assist in rehabilitation programmes
- Good verbal and non-verbal communicator with the ability to motivate people
- To understand and practice confidentiality
- To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature of the work
- To have prioritisation skills to independently manage own workload
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Computer literate
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).
