Job summary
The Stroke, Neurological and Complex Care Rehabilitation and Oncology and Haematology Service are excited to share this opportunity join our skilled and dynamic integrated therapy team.
We are looking for someone with specialist experience working within Occupational or Physiotherapy Support Worker roles to work as a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner.
The role is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience working with people post stroke or neurological event or oncology and haematology diagnoses. It will provide the opportunity to rotate with 2 other band 4 Assistant Practitioner roles around three areas within our service, supporting the wider therapy team and contributing to high quality therapy service provision.
The team has a vast amount of skills and experience to support continued professional development. There will be opportunity for supervision, teaching and learning experiences to enable individuals to develop and fulfil their potential within role.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to work according to the band 4 role as defined by the AHP Support Worker Framework - providing leadership to the Support Worker workforce, working independently within their specialist area and contributing to the wider therapy service provision.
There will be opportunities to develop skills in Acute Stroke, management and rehabilitation of neurological or critical illness presentations within the Acute Hospital Setting, and care for people with oncology or haematology diagnoses.
Depending on the area of work the role will involve independent management of a ward based caseload and provision of therapy to support effective and efficient discharge. The role will also be based alongside a wider therapy team and require coordination and collaboration with qualified and support worker clinicians to ensure effective caseload management. There may be need to complete community visits to support discharge planning and equipment provision.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post Title: Therapy
Assistant Practitioner
Pay Band: 4
Hours: 34
Contract: Permanent
Location
/ Department: Therapies Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Stroke and Neuro, Complex Care, Oncology and Haematology Team
Accountable
to: Stephanie Flint
Reports
to: Trust
Therapy Managers Key Working
Relationships:
Therapists
and Line Managers in given speciality across the three sites, Therapies
Management Team, Medical and Nursing Staff, other health care professionals and
members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), support staff, community care
co-ordinators, discharge co-ordinators, patients, carers, relatives, students,
palliative care team, community equipment stores.
Risk
Assessment:
This post involves frequent
manual handling activities e.g. hoisting, positioning, assisting
sitting/standing, transferring, toileting, providing personal care, giving
physical support during walking practice/exercise and occasional pushing of
large items of equipment/furniture. There is a frequent requirement for
moderate physical effort, including repetitive techniques e.g. passive
exercises, bed exercises, and an occasional requirement for intensive physical
effort for several short periods throughout the day, including loading and
unloading of equipment from transportation. The ability
to safely use tools to adjust equipment is required. Close contact with
patients frequently exposes the post holder to bodily fluids/infections e.g.
sputum, urine, blood, vomit, and faeces. The above can
be occasional and carried out within the acute hospital or within a patients
home environment. The above requires the ability to ensure the safety of
both patients and staff. The post holder may be required to lone work within the acute hospital or in patients home environments, e.g. the
delivery and fitting of equipment (mobile phone are supplied when staff are
working in the community).There is frequent need for
prolonged concentration and involvement in emotionally distressing situations,
such as dealing with bad news, terminal illness, death, and bereavement, where
empathy and support for patients, carers and other team members will be needed.
Work pattern is often unpredictable with frequent interruptions/changes.
Job
Purpose:
Working as part of the Therapy and wider
MDT, Therapy Assistant Practitioners (TAP) use enhanced skills in a specialist
area to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support
to a defined group of patients. Within the scope of the role, the post holder
will independently (unsupervised) plan and deliver individual or group tasks
where the understanding of role boundaries and the importance of supervision
and carrying out delegated tasks and plans is essential.This role requires understanding of
factual and theoretical knowledge of principles, policies, protocols,
procedures, processes within a defined group of patients. Although work is
guided by standard operating procedures and protocols, the post holder must be
able to make judgements to plan activities assess, treat and progress/grade and
adapt treatment of patients in line with competencies set and assessed by the
Registered Therapist. This knowledge should be utilised to contribute to
effective discharge planning as part of the MDT.The post holder will also co-ordinate
and assist with the training and management of other Therapy Support Workers,
thus providing a quality and effective support service to the Therapy Team.
They will contribute to service development and demonstrate personal
development as well as being responsible for supervision of others and
delegation of tasks to other non-registered staff.The post holder will participate in the
weekend service. The speciality being dependant on experience. This service may
include the treatment of children.Working hours will be dependent upon the
service provided within each speciality, this may include 7-day working, working contracted hours within an
extended daily pattern or participation in a relevant weekend /bank
holiday rota.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post Title: Therapy
Assistant Practitioner
Pay Band: 4
Hours: 34
Contract: Permanent
Location
/ Department: Therapies Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Stroke and Neuro, Complex Care, Oncology and Haematology Team
Accountable
to: Stephanie Flint
Reports
to: Trust
Therapy Managers Key Working
Relationships:
Therapists
and Line Managers in given speciality across the three sites, Therapies
Management Team, Medical and Nursing Staff, other health care professionals and
members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), support staff, community care
co-ordinators, discharge co-ordinators, patients, carers, relatives, students,
palliative care team, community equipment stores.
Risk
Assessment:
This post involves frequent
manual handling activities e.g. hoisting, positioning, assisting
sitting/standing, transferring, toileting, providing personal care, giving
physical support during walking practice/exercise and occasional pushing of
large items of equipment/furniture. There is a frequent requirement for
moderate physical effort, including repetitive techniques e.g. passive
exercises, bed exercises, and an occasional requirement for intensive physical
effort for several short periods throughout the day, including loading and
unloading of equipment from transportation. The ability
to safely use tools to adjust equipment is required. Close contact with
patients frequently exposes the post holder to bodily fluids/infections e.g.
sputum, urine, blood, vomit, and faeces. The above can
be occasional and carried out within the acute hospital or within a patients
home environment. The above requires the ability to ensure the safety of
both patients and staff. The post holder may be required to lone work within the acute hospital or in patients home environments, e.g. the
delivery and fitting of equipment (mobile phone are supplied when staff are
working in the community).There is frequent need for
prolonged concentration and involvement in emotionally distressing situations,
such as dealing with bad news, terminal illness, death, and bereavement, where
empathy and support for patients, carers and other team members will be needed.
Work pattern is often unpredictable with frequent interruptions/changes.
Job
Purpose:
Working as part of the Therapy and wider
MDT, Therapy Assistant Practitioners (TAP) use enhanced skills in a specialist
area to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support
to a defined group of patients. Within the scope of the role, the post holder
will independently (unsupervised) plan and deliver individual or group tasks
where the understanding of role boundaries and the importance of supervision
and carrying out delegated tasks and plans is essential.This role requires understanding of
factual and theoretical knowledge of principles, policies, protocols,
procedures, processes within a defined group of patients. Although work is
guided by standard operating procedures and protocols, the post holder must be
able to make judgements to plan activities assess, treat and progress/grade and
adapt treatment of patients in line with competencies set and assessed by the
Registered Therapist. This knowledge should be utilised to contribute to
effective discharge planning as part of the MDT.The post holder will also co-ordinate
and assist with the training and management of other Therapy Support Workers,
thus providing a quality and effective support service to the Therapy Team.
They will contribute to service development and demonstrate personal
development as well as being responsible for supervision of others and
delegation of tasks to other non-registered staff.The post holder will participate in the
weekend service. The speciality being dependant on experience. This service may
include the treatment of children.Working hours will be dependent upon the
service provided within each speciality, this may include 7-day working, working contracted hours within an
extended daily pattern or participation in a relevant weekend /bank
holiday rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Functional Skills (level 2) or Maths & English GCSE (grades 9-4 or A-C) National Care Certificate
- AND
- A foundation degree Health and Social care or equivalent level 5 qualification and A-Levels and GCSEs or equivalent(s)
- OR
- as a level 5 apprenticeship (e.g. Assistant practitioner apprenticeship)
- Or
- equivalent clinical experience/expertise within an AHP profession underpinned by Theoretical, and practical experience.
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance at healthcare related course e.g. Dementia
- awareness, stroke specialist seating.
- A relevant further education qualification eg BTEC (Therapy
- Support Worker) or NVQ 3 in healthcare or Equivalent.
Other job Requirements
Essential
- Right to work in the UK/Valid Visa
- Ability to meet the physical, emotional and challenging demands of the role
- Able to meet the moving and handling requirements of the post
- Able and willing to work contracted hours over 7 days, extended daily hours pattern as required
- Able to contribute to the Therapy Weekend and Bank Holiday rota
- Able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post - Full driving licence and access to a vehicle (or alternative mode of transport)
Desirable
- Able and willing to commute between sites
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience as a Senior Therapy Assistant/or equivalent
- working with different patient groups/conditions
- Experience of working in an acute/healthcare setting with direct
- patient contact.
- Evidence of work using a wide range of Therapy related skills
- including grading, adaptation and progression of interventions
- Evidence of supporting other staff to develop
Desirable
- Experience of organising and/or providing training to others
- Experience of group Working
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Basic aims and principles of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of managing/ prioritising own caseload/working independently
- Ability to work autonomously using own Knowledge/skills and initiative in complex situations, acknowledging role boundaries
- Effective and appropriate written and verbal communication/ interpersonal skills
- Evidence of thorough, relevant self-development/ CPD activity
- Completion of broad-based competencies in therapy related
- skills
- Evidence of patient handling skills
- Computer Literate e.g. Microsoft Word PowerPoint Outlook.
Desirable
- Evidence of activities involving leadership/management skills
- Understanding of professional, legal and clinical governance issues
- Previous experience of Electronic Patient Records
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to demonstrate our Trust values and behaviours: -
- Being open and honest we all communicate clearly and honestly, asking for help when we need it, and making it easier for the people around us to share ideas and concerns.
- Ensuring people feel cared for we all take responsibility for actively supporting and nurturing a kind and compassionate environment for ourselves and others.
- Showing respect for everyone we all act with consideration and fairness, valuing each other as individuals and appreciating our different perspectives.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence of enthusiasm and commitment to the role in
- Worcestershire
- Proactive in self-development
- Able to maintain confidentiality and Professionalism
- Compassionate
- Evidence of appropriate personal attributes e.g. responsible, reliable,
- flexible, well-organised, initiative
- Evidence of good team working
- Ability to problem solve
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Functional Skills (level 2) or Maths & English GCSE (grades 9-4 or A-C) National Care Certificate
- AND
- A foundation degree Health and Social care or equivalent level 5 qualification and A-Levels and GCSEs or equivalent(s)
- OR
- as a level 5 apprenticeship (e.g. Assistant practitioner apprenticeship)
- Or
- equivalent clinical experience/expertise within an AHP profession underpinned by Theoretical, and practical experience.
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance at healthcare related course e.g. Dementia
- awareness, stroke specialist seating.
- A relevant further education qualification eg BTEC (Therapy
- Support Worker) or NVQ 3 in healthcare or Equivalent.
Other job Requirements
Essential
- Right to work in the UK/Valid Visa
- Ability to meet the physical, emotional and challenging demands of the role
- Able to meet the moving and handling requirements of the post
- Able and willing to work contracted hours over 7 days, extended daily hours pattern as required
- Able to contribute to the Therapy Weekend and Bank Holiday rota
- Able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post - Full driving licence and access to a vehicle (or alternative mode of transport)
Desirable
- Able and willing to commute between sites
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience as a Senior Therapy Assistant/or equivalent
- working with different patient groups/conditions
- Experience of working in an acute/healthcare setting with direct
- patient contact.
- Evidence of work using a wide range of Therapy related skills
- including grading, adaptation and progression of interventions
- Evidence of supporting other staff to develop
Desirable
- Experience of organising and/or providing training to others
- Experience of group Working
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Basic aims and principles of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of managing/ prioritising own caseload/working independently
- Ability to work autonomously using own Knowledge/skills and initiative in complex situations, acknowledging role boundaries
- Effective and appropriate written and verbal communication/ interpersonal skills
- Evidence of thorough, relevant self-development/ CPD activity
- Completion of broad-based competencies in therapy related
- skills
- Evidence of patient handling skills
- Computer Literate e.g. Microsoft Word PowerPoint Outlook.
Desirable
- Evidence of activities involving leadership/management skills
- Understanding of professional, legal and clinical governance issues
- Previous experience of Electronic Patient Records
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to demonstrate our Trust values and behaviours: -
- Being open and honest we all communicate clearly and honestly, asking for help when we need it, and making it easier for the people around us to share ideas and concerns.
- Ensuring people feel cared for we all take responsibility for actively supporting and nurturing a kind and compassionate environment for ourselves and others.
- Showing respect for everyone we all act with consideration and fairness, valuing each other as individuals and appreciating our different perspectives.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence of enthusiasm and commitment to the role in
- Worcestershire
- Proactive in self-development
- Able to maintain confidentiality and Professionalism
- Compassionate
- Evidence of appropriate personal attributes e.g. responsible, reliable,
- flexible, well-organised, initiative
- Evidence of good team working
- Ability to problem solve
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.
