Intermediate Care Therapy Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the therapy team at Tudor Court as a therapy assistant. Therapy is provided to any resident in Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton who requires a period of rehabilitation.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

• To provide assessments and interventions, for delegated caseload of patients; with support and supervision of a qualified therapist.
• To undertake administrative and stock control duties as requested to support the therapy services.
• Attend and effectively contribute to regular meetings, including:
  • Monthly speciality team meetings
  • Monthly staff meetings
  • Peer support meetings
  • Ward handover meetings
  • Champions update meeting
• Promote a positive and efficient image of the service within own and wider team
• Provide effective advice, information and support for patients and carers
• Ensure staff, patients and carers are aware of the role of therapy within own speciality area
• Overcome barriers to communication by altering style and format
• Involve patients in decision making with regards assessments and always gain informed consent
• Have a sound knowledge of specialist standardised and non-standardised assessments used within the service
• Undertake simple assessments as delegated by qualified therapist
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of medical conditions in own speciality area and how they affect day to day function
• Ensures joint treatment planning considers individual patient choice/wishes/beliefs
• Ensures assessments undertaken are holistic and meet standards
• Provide effective feedback of assessment findings to patient and carer
• Provide effective feedback of assessment findings to qualified therapists and wider MDT team

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

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