Band 3 Therapy Assistant

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Living Wage

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 3 Therapy Assistant to join the therapy team at KGH Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital Romford. The role involves assisting therapists on specialist medicine wards, the Emergency department and Medical Assessment Unit, with admin and clinical support in a fast-paced environment.

You will contribute to therapy programmes, participate in home assessments, and communicate effectively with patients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Band 3 Therapy Assistant role within NHS.
• Some direct patient care experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform primary assessment of patients.
• Refer patients for treatment and monitor progression.
• Set primary clinical treatment plans and monitor progression of patients.
• Oversee clinical quality and ensure appropriateness of therapy.
• Carry out therapy programmes as directed by therapists, order equipment and assist in home assessments.

Skills

Communication

Patient care

Teamwork

Job description

To provide skilled routine, and some non-routine, clinical and non‑clinical support to the rehabilitation team, this includes Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. The state registered therapist will at all times remain responsible for:

• Primary assessment of patient
• Referral for treatment
• Clinical discharge of patient
• Setting the primary clinical treatment plan and monitoring the progression of the patient
• Overseeing the clinical quality and ensuring appropriateness of the treatment practised on the patient

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care. We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust are actively recruiting for a Band 3 Therapy Assistant. We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and innovative individual to join our therapy department at KGH. You will be working with our friendly team on the specialist medicine wards, Emergency department and Medical Assessment Unit. Working in a fast‑paced environment, you will have the opportunity to offer admin and clinical support to our therapists. As a Band 3 Therapy Assistant you will have the opportunity to build a strong set of skills such as carrying out therapy programmes as directed by the therapist, ordering equipment and assisting in home assessments. You will have strong written and verbal communication skills, some experience in direct patient care and an awareness of the role of therapy within the trust. We have a strong commitment to continuing development with an established in‑service training programme. You will be well supported by experienced therapists. In line with the Government agenda for the NHS, we have recently re‑configured our Integrated Therapy service structure to provide a 7‑day service. You will be required to work weekends dependent.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.