Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Therapy Rehabilitation Assistant to joinour team on Seddon Suite Specialist Rehabilitation Unit, St Helens Hospital.
This is a part-time post which includes weekend working one in every four weeks.
The successful applicant will be part of a motivated, forward thinking, closemultidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speechand Language Therapists, Dietitians, Rehabilitation Assistants, ClinicalPsychologists, a Rehabilitation Coordinator, Social Worker and RehabilitationNurses.
The medical team is led by a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine.
Previous experience within a hospital/rehabilitation environment would bepreferable however this is not essential.
Excellent communication skills are essential, alongside a kind and caringapproach. Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything wedo. We look for people who are willing to go the extra mile, not because theyare asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcareteam that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work with therapists to carry out rehabilitationinterventions with in-patients, as well as have the ability to work unsupervisedto carry out treatment plans set by qualified therapists. Interventions mayinclude strengthening programmes, gait re-education, wheelchair skills,cognitive strategies, practice of functional tasks and group work.
The role willinvolve working collaboratively with other professionals and localorganisations.
Other responsibilities will include administration and clerical tasks includingeffective documentation in clinical case notes, housekeeping duties andcontributing to service development. A flexible approach to day to day tasksis essential in order to meet the demands of the service.
In return for your hard work and dedication, we will offer a welcoming andstimulating environment and all the support and continuing development youwill need to make a difference to patients and staff. In addition to formalsupervision and a bespoke Therapy Assistant training programme, there willalso be opportunity for peer support with experienced Therapy RehabilitationAssistant colleagues
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To assist in/support the identification of health needs and participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of individual care interventions under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered Practitioner depending upon competency/complexity of work.
- To provide advice to clients and carers in relation to any needs and the wider public health remit of the Health and Social Care organisation under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- To maintain accurate, clear, concise, and contemporaneous records as per trust policy and communicate information to members of the Team as necessary.
- To be aware of the role limitations of practice and when to seek further advice from a supervising Registered Practitioner.
- Provide concise handover and information updates to other members of the Team as required.
- To demonstrate a knowledge of external agencies who could be involved in patient care and work in partnership with these agencies under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner with regards to follow up and provide feedback to Registered Practitioners as appropriate.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Communicate routine service user information effectively and in accordance with local guidance with other health and social care professionals for the benefit of the service user.
- To demonstrate skills in adapting personal communication to overcome barriers to communication and understanding.
- Utilise Information Technology and Clinical Assessment Systems as required in the execution of your duties.
- Maintain confidentiality within national and local guidelines.
- Ensure organisational and professional codes of conduct are always adhered to when representing the Integrated Health and Social Care organisation.
- Work collaboratively across teams, agencies, and organisational boundaries to ensure the delivery of an integrated service through effective communication.
- Identify and use opportunities to promote healthy lifestyles e.g. nutrition, physical activity, individuals, and groups.
- To carry out a range of diagnostic/assessment techniques to identify and respond to clients needs in a range of settings under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- To deliver a range of intervention techniques and skills to meet clients needs in a range of settings under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- To evaluate and feedback clients responses to interventions in discussion with registered practitioners and modify under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- Communicate sensitive service user information appropriately and in accordance with local guidance with other health and social care professionals for the benefit of the service user.
- Adapt personal communication skills to overcome barriers to communication and understanding.
- Utilise Information Technology and Clinical Assessment Systems as required in the execution of your duties.
- Maintain confidentiality within national and local guidelines.
- Ensure organisational and professional codes of conduct are always adhered to when representing the Integrated Health and Social Care organisation.
- Work collaboratively across teams, agencies, and organisational boundaries to ensure the delivery of an integrated service through effective communication.
- Staff will be trained to a leave appropriate to their responsibilities in this respect in line with current KSF post outline and the on-going PDR process.
- To establish, maintain and develop professional working relationships with colleagues.
- To personally contribute to the Trust health promotion strategies both internally and externally.
- To be aware of, and responsible to, the changing nature of the Trust and adopt a flexible and pro-active approach to work.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive, and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
- To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
- To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include participating in a variety of MDT, internal and external agency meetings, and forums plus other forms of verbal/written communication as necessary including report writing and referrals to other agencies.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evaluate the effectiveness of learning opportunities and alerts others to benefits and problems
- Maintain a personal development plan and competency portfolio, in line with requirements for the job role.
- Participate in individual and group supervision in line with organisational policy.
- Participate in an individual performance review on an annual basis and be proactive in Continuous Professional Development.
- Utilise informal and formal learning opportunities both independently and with others.
- Participate in the delivery of Learning and Development opportunities to all bands of staff.
- To personally contribute to the Trust health promotion strategies both internally and externally.
LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSABILITIES
- To demonstrate leadership by means of:
- Effecting change within own sphere of practice when and where indicated.
- Making recommendations to improve services.
- Influencing, motivating, supporting, and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the Trust.
- To attend, contribute and represent at relevant meetings, including briefings.
- To demonstrate an understanding of policies relevant to the role including the application of clinical governance and risk management.
- To plan and prioritise own and others designated duties, with tact and diplomacy, in line with clinical and non- clinical responsibilities taking account of priorities and responding to additional delegated tasks as appropriate.
- To support Bands 1-3 in all areas of their clinical duties, within own scope of competence.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- Works within the limits of own competence and levels of responsibility and accountability in the work team and organisation.
- Ensure identified risks are reported and acted upon in line with organisational policy.
- To complete and maintain all Trust mandatory training requirements.
- To be responsible for ones own safety and security through the understanding and application of organisational and departmental policies and procedures.
- To participate in and support research, audit, and practice development activity within the Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To assist in/support the identification of health needs and participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of individual care interventions under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered Practitioner depending upon competency/complexity of work.
- To provide advice to clients and carers in relation to any needs and the wider public health remit of the Health and Social Care organisation under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- To maintain accurate, clear, concise, and contemporaneous records as per trust policy and communicate information to members of the Team as necessary.
- To be aware of the role limitations of practice and when to seek further advice from a supervising Registered Practitioner.
- Provide concise handover and information updates to other members of the Team as required.
- To demonstrate a knowledge of external agencies who could be involved in patient care and work in partnership with these agencies under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner with regards to follow up and provide feedback to Registered Practitioners as appropriate.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Communicate routine service user information effectively and in accordance with local guidance with other health and social care professionals for the benefit of the service user.
- To demonstrate skills in adapting personal communication to overcome barriers to communication and understanding.
- Utilise Information Technology and Clinical Assessment Systems as required in the execution of your duties.
- Maintain confidentiality within national and local guidelines.
- Ensure organisational and professional codes of conduct are always adhered to when representing the Integrated Health and Social Care organisation.
- Work collaboratively across teams, agencies, and organisational boundaries to ensure the delivery of an integrated service through effective communication.
- Identify and use opportunities to promote healthy lifestyles e.g. nutrition, physical activity, individuals, and groups.
- To carry out a range of diagnostic/assessment techniques to identify and respond to clients needs in a range of settings under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- To deliver a range of intervention techniques and skills to meet clients needs in a range of settings under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- To evaluate and feedback clients responses to interventions in discussion with registered practitioners and modify under the direct/indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
- Communicate sensitive service user information appropriately and in accordance with local guidance with other health and social care professionals for the benefit of the service user.
- Adapt personal communication skills to overcome barriers to communication and understanding.
- Utilise Information Technology and Clinical Assessment Systems as required in the execution of your duties.
- Maintain confidentiality within national and local guidelines.
- Ensure organisational and professional codes of conduct are always adhered to when representing the Integrated Health and Social Care organisation.
- Work collaboratively across teams, agencies, and organisational boundaries to ensure the delivery of an integrated service through effective communication.
- Staff will be trained to a leave appropriate to their responsibilities in this respect in line with current KSF post outline and the on-going PDR process.
- To establish, maintain and develop professional working relationships with colleagues.
- To personally contribute to the Trust health promotion strategies both internally and externally.
- To be aware of, and responsible to, the changing nature of the Trust and adopt a flexible and pro-active approach to work.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive, and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
- To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
- To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include participating in a variety of MDT, internal and external agency meetings, and forums plus other forms of verbal/written communication as necessary including report writing and referrals to other agencies.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evaluate the effectiveness of learning opportunities and alerts others to benefits and problems
- Maintain a personal development plan and competency portfolio, in line with requirements for the job role.
- Participate in individual and group supervision in line with organisational policy.
- Participate in an individual performance review on an annual basis and be proactive in Continuous Professional Development.
- Utilise informal and formal learning opportunities both independently and with others.
- Participate in the delivery of Learning and Development opportunities to all bands of staff.
- To personally contribute to the Trust health promotion strategies both internally and externally.
LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSABILITIES
- To demonstrate leadership by means of:
- Effecting change within own sphere of practice when and where indicated.
- Making recommendations to improve services.
- Influencing, motivating, supporting, and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the Trust.
- To attend, contribute and represent at relevant meetings, including briefings.
- To demonstrate an understanding of policies relevant to the role including the application of clinical governance and risk management.
- To plan and prioritise own and others designated duties, with tact and diplomacy, in line with clinical and non- clinical responsibilities taking account of priorities and responding to additional delegated tasks as appropriate.
- To support Bands 1-3 in all areas of their clinical duties, within own scope of competence.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- Works within the limits of own competence and levels of responsibility and accountability in the work team and organisation.
- Ensure identified risks are reported and acted upon in line with organisational policy.
- To complete and maintain all Trust mandatory training requirements.
- To be responsible for ones own safety and security through the understanding and application of organisational and departmental policies and procedures.
- To participate in and support research, audit, and practice development activity within the Team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Willingness to undertake continuing professional development and lifelong learning
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2/3 in Health Car or equivalent experience/qualification
- Experience within the NHS or caring employment
- Clerical/administrative experience or qualifications
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Able to work under supervision and as part of a team
- Evidence of effective working within an MDT
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate a good level of knowledge and skills in Therapeutic interventions
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Accurate record keeping, report writing, manual dexterity and IT skills
- Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Willingness to undertake continuing professional development and lifelong learning
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2/3 in Health Car or equivalent experience/qualification
- Experience within the NHS or caring employment
- Clerical/administrative experience or qualifications
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Able to work under supervision and as part of a team
- Evidence of effective working within an MDT
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate a good level of knowledge and skills in Therapeutic interventions
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Accurate record keeping, report writing, manual dexterity and IT skills
- Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
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.
