Job responsibilities
General
- To assist in the delivery of lifestyle and condition management activity classes
- To promote lifestyle change and health benefits of activity both within service and at organised events related to service promotion
- To assist in the maintenance of departmental records.
- To be responsible for own records of treatments performed and to collect statistics, as required.
- To attend departmental meetings as required.
- To help with reception and clerical duties as identified in each clinical area.
- To ensure that the department environment is maintained as required at all times including equipment storage, mobility aid requirements and cleanliness of clinical areas as identified.
- This job description is in no way meant to be restrictive and from time to time other duties may be requested.
Communication and Relationship Skills
- To communicate rehabilitation related information effectively with patients and carers, tact, and reassurance will be required. Informed consent must be gained prior to treatment.
- There is a requirement to maintain appropriate and meaningful treatment documentation in accordance with Trust and professional guidelines.
- Barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident. These will include cognitive impairment, altered perception as well as physical impairments related to condition or age. Appropriate solutions to address the issues should be explored. Support with difficult communication issues will be available from clinical staff.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
- Analysis and judgement will be involved in evaluating the patients response to treatment. Future treatment planning will be based on clients response to activity and good observation skills are important, analysis and treatment planning will be directed by qualified staff.
- There will also be a responsibility to observe any deterioration or unexpected change in the clients condition and report this back to qualified staff in a timely and appropriate manner.
- The post holder will have awareness of their own capability and capacity and the limitations of their role. This may include advising others that they do not have the necessary skills or training to undertake a delegated task.
Planning and Organisational Skills
- To plan and organise own day to day tasks considering patient availability and need of qualified therapy staff.
- To be an active member as appropriate of any in-service training programme by attendance and presentation at staff meetings, tutorials, and training sessions.
Physical skills
- Ability to demonstrate activities including washing and dressing, gait re-education, use of equipment and aids.
Responsibility for Patient Care
- To deliver AHP treatment programmes and activities.
- To take responsibility for delegated client activities and safety.
- To evaluate the patients understanding in order to gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
Responsibility for Policy/Service development
- To contribute to discussions regarding service development, quality initiatives and clinical service practices.
Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources
- To be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and safe use of equipment and aids.
- Will check mobility and other equipment for safety and signs of deterioration and where appropriate take responsibility for arranging replacement equipment.
- To monitor stock and order supplies.
Responsibility for Human Resources
- To demonstrate own activities to other staff students and visitors may provide practical training to other less experienced staff.
Responsibility for Information Resources
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and service requirements.
- To contribute to the collection of business related information in order to inform service development and priorities.
- To take responsibility for storage and preparation of any relevant patient related information.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- To contribute to relevant service, professional or trust wide audits and research projects within appropriate clinical services.
- To be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for departmental purposes.
- To maintain own continuous personal development (CPD) by undertaking relevant training and competency activities
Freedom to Act
- To follow departmental procedures and treatment plans will work within established guidelines, supervision will be available from Therapy colleagues.
Clinical Governance
All staff with clinical responsibilities are expected to work within the clinical governance arrangements agreed by Healthshare. This is through an established framework through which clinical staff are continuously accountable for improving the quality of services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellent care will flourish. All clinical staff are expected to maintain appropriate knowledge about, and involvement in, agreed strategies and programmes to continually improve their standards of clinical care through:
- Patient and user involvement
- Assisting with the management of risk and complaints
- Assisting with clinical effectiveness and audit programmes
- Continuous Professional Development.
- Assisting physiotherapy staff with clinical research that is in accordance with DoH Governance requirements
Supporting Information
There will be a frequent requirement to undertake manual handling activities and support clients during rehabilitation tasks.
Key values
- Commitment to working as part of integrated multidisciplinary team
- Commitment to demonstrating a high standard of professional behaviour and encouraging others to do the same
- Commitment to holistic approach in the care of an identified clinical group.
- Commitment to enablement and integration of this client group into the wider social community.
Values, drivers and motivators
- Caring about what we do.
- Respecting and valuing each other
- Listening in order to improve (always seeking to improve)
- Always doing what we can to be helpful
Providing support by:
- Working in partnership and responding to local needs
- Respecting Differences: Building on similarities.
- Empowering people to be involved in decisions about how we provide care
- Encouraging others to behave respectfully in line with our values
- Suggesting Values Behaviours to influence and perform efficiently in line with our brand.
Health and Safety
To ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out and to be aware of the responsibilities placed on employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act. To maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors at all times.
Data protection
This post has a confidential aspect. You are required to obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way. You should hold data only for the specific registered purpose and not to use or disclose data only to authorise persons or organisations as instructed. Breaches of confidence in relation to data will result in disciplinary action which may involve dismissal.
Equal Opportunities
It is our aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origins, or is placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. To this end Healthshare has an EqualOpportunities Policy and it is for each employee to contribute to its success.
No smoking policy
Healthshare operate a no smoking policy and in accordance with this policy smoking is positively discouraged and permitted in certain designated areas.
Confidentiality
All information concerning patients/clients and staff must be treated as strictly confidential at all times.
