Job summary
Paediatric Therapy Assistant Practitioner 37.5 hr/ week
If you are passionate about working with children and young people and want to support their recovery and achieve their potential then this is the post for you!
Following significant investment in the Children's Therapy team, we have 2 new Therapy Assistant Practitioner (TAP) roles to complement our team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, as well as other support staff, based at the Leicester Children's Hospital at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Using skills from both professions you can be the person to help a patient reach that next milestone and beyond.
You will work in the established Children's Therapy team which provides services to children and young people across a wide variety of inpatient specialities, including; Intensive Care and High Dependency Units, neo-natal unit, East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, surgical and medical wards, orthopaedics, neurology, and oncology, as well as outpatient services focusing on patients with musculoskeletal and rheumatological conditions. We also have specialist roles within services such as; Cystic Fibrosis, Long Term Ventilation, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Complications of Excess Weight, and Difficult Asthma.
You will receive regular supervision, annual appraisal, andbenefit from a comprehensive induction and teaching package. There will be opportunity for you to be able to further develop your skills in a variety of areas.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to take responsibility for supporting the Therapy team to provide treatment and rehabilitation to our patients. This will include autonomously carrying out assessments, treatments and interventions following guidance of therapy staff.
Treatments have a focus on helping children and young people to achieve their potential in a holistic and patient-centred way. This could include:
supporting patients to complete their regular therapy programmes,
getting patients up and mobile following illness, injury or operation so they can return home,
issuing and adjusting appropriate equipment to support discharge,
enabling participation in activities of daily living,
completing exercises with the patients,
running group sessions,
supporting patients with developmental delays to achieve both physical and cognitive milestones.
Your role will also include administrative tasks that are vital to ensuring the smooth running of the team, so you will need good IT skills. You will also need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills, be able to work on your own, and within a team.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further details of the job description can be found in the attached document.
Your hours will be worked between Monday to Friday with weekends and bank holidays on a roster basis. We would expect you to already have some experience working with therapy and delivering therapy programmes, preferably with experience working with children or young people, as well as having a genuine desire to work in this field.
If you have a passion for working with our team to support children and young people, we are excited to hear from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further details of the job description can be found in the attached document.
Your hours will be worked between Monday to Friday with weekends and bank holidays on a roster basis. We would expect you to already have some experience working with therapy and delivering therapy programmes, preferably with experience working with children or young people, as well as having a genuine desire to work in this field.
If you have a passion for working with our team to support children and young people, we are excited to hear from you!
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English Functional Skills Level 2 (willingness to achieve= 1/2)
- Educated to a level 3 qualification, with relevant experience to Diploma level. (willingness to achieve= 1/2)
Desirable
- Competency based development and other role specific local training e.g. Therapy competencies
Communication skills
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of ability to work with other people
Desirable
- Previous experience of supervising and training others
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the role and responsibilities of the post
- Expresses enthusiasm and motivation for the post and desire to work in the clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate substantial experience in health and care settings, including in the relevant field of work e.g. therapy settings, childcare settings
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Recognises own limitations and awareness of when to seek support
- Awareness of own developmental needs
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English Functional Skills Level 2 (willingness to achieve= 1/2)
- Educated to a level 3 qualification, with relevant experience to Diploma level. (willingness to achieve= 1/2)
Desirable
- Competency based development and other role specific local training e.g. Therapy competencies
Communication skills
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of ability to work with other people
Desirable
- Previous experience of supervising and training others
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the role and responsibilities of the post
- Expresses enthusiasm and motivation for the post and desire to work in the clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate substantial experience in health and care settings, including in the relevant field of work e.g. therapy settings, childcare settings
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Recognises own limitations and awareness of when to seek support
- Awareness of own developmental needs
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).
