Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy team at Royal Derby Hospital are looking to appoint a motivated Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner with a passion for acute orthopaedic care. The team are striving to deliver comprehensive care to an ever developing arthroplasty pathway at the Royal Derby Hospital

Applications are invited from those with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and previous experience as an Therapy Assistant within an acute inpatient setting setting. Candidates are required to hold an NVQ level 3, Level 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker apprenticeship and/or relevant Therapy Band 3/4 competencies. It is essential to hold a full driving licence to support equipment visits using a trust vehicle.

As a Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner you will hold a varied clinical caseload in an acute multidisciplinary setting and lead on discharge planning of elective hip and knee joint replacement patients. You will receive cross speciality competency based training though previous experience of delivering therapeutics to patients with Orthopaedic presentations is essential to this role.

You will have the opportunity to undertake preoperative assessment, lead group education classes as well as hold a ward-based caseload.

The service operates a 7 day service and flexibility is required to work a set pattern of hours that includes extended hours in the evenings and one day every weekend for which enhancements are payable.

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and treatment, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions.
• Cross Therapy competency working to provide holistic care on our elective orthopaedic arthroplasty pathway.
• Close MDT working and discharge planning in a high-pressured environment.
• Contribute to supporting student Therapists on placement
• Lead discharge planning.
• Undertake 1to1 pre op assessment and group education classes

Closing date - 17 June 2025Interview date - 01 July 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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