Generic Therapy Assistant for Care of the Elderly

NHS Jobs; Harlow; Sur place; GBP 22 000 - 28 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NHS Jobs in the United Kingdom is seeking a Generic Therapy Assistant for the Care of the Elderly to support Therapists with interventions, carry out standardised assessments, assist in home visits, and help deliver treatment and rehabilitation.

The role involves equipment preparation, safety checks, stock management, and helping maintain clean, safe therapy spaces; you will work under supervision and escalate concerns as needed.

Responsabilités

• Implement appropriate therapy interventions under supervision from Therapists.
• Assist in standardised assessments (washing/dressing, kitchen assessments) and equipment demonstrations.
• Support therapists on home visits and attend visits independently as appropriate.
• Assist in delivering treatment and rehabilitation through exercises, transfers and mobility.
• Carry out learnt, skills-based therapy techniques.
• Monitor patient progress and report changes to therapists with suggestions for further treatment.
• Recognise deteriorating patients and escalate to senior staff as needed.
• Maintain health and safety, report incidents and safeguarding issues.
• Prepare equipment, check safety, and highlight concerns.
• Keep treatment areas clean, tidy, and store equipment safely.
• Attend MDT meetings when requested to share information and feedback.
• Assist with stock checks, ordering, and paperwork; keep storerooms tidy.
• Assist with cleaning and sterilising equipment and disposing of waste.

Description du poste

Generic Therapy Assistant for Care of the Elderly

• To implement the appropriate therapy intervention under supervision from Therapists.
• Assist in carrying out standardised assessment i.e. washing and dressing/kitchen assessments and the demonstration of equipment as requested by therapist.
• To assist therapists on home visits and carry out visits independently as deemed appropriate.
• To support the therapy team in delivering treatment and rehabilitation by practicing exercise, transfer and mobility.
• To carry out skilled therapy techniques learnt through training, experience and competencies
• To monitor patients’ progress reporting changes and offer appropriate suggestions regarding further treatment from the therapist.
• To recognise a deteriorating patient, or changes in a patient that require escalating to a senior member of staff.
• To have a good awareness of health and safety regulations, reporting incidents and safeguarding issues where appropriate.
• To prepare equipment ready for treatments, be able to check equipment safety and highlight equipment concerns.
• Store Equipment in a clean and tidy manner and support keeping all gym areas safe, clean and tidy.
• To monitor treatment areas and ensure that they are tidied following use and that all soiled linen/dressings/unwanted splints are removed and disposed of, and any equipment/instruments are cleaned/sterilised all in accordance with service policies.
• To attend multidisciplinary team meetings when requested by line manager to share factual information and feedback to therapist.
• To assist the therapists with patients who require two or more members of staff to treat them effectively and safely.
• To accept and act on duties delegated by the qualified Therapist.
• To be the person responsible within the Team for:
  • Checking stock levels and completing stock takes.
  • Keeping storerooms tidy
  • Assisting in the ordering of stock
  • Checking off new stock/equipment and completing appropriate paperwork
  • Assisting with the cleaning and checking of equipment returned by patients