Occupational Therapy Senior Worker

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Palterton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a motivated Senior Therapy Support Worker to join their Orthopaedic team. In this role, you will assess and treat patients to encourage functional independence and support their discharge from hospital. The ideal candidate will have experience in the NHS, strong communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team. This position offers various staff wellbeing benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Onsite parking

Wellbeing hub

Counseling services

Exercise classes

Outdoor seating areas

Qualifications

• Experience working in a therapy environment within the NHS.
• Understanding of physical, cognitive and emotional needs of patients.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and treating patients in daily activities.
• Working under guidance of therapists and support staff.
• Maintaining communication with patients, families, and multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Flexibility and initiative

Interpersonal skills

Ability to prioritize workload

Tools

IT skills for electronic patient records

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapy Senior Therapy Support worker to join our inpatient Orthopaedic team.

As a Senior Therapy Support worker, you will be assessing and treating patients in a range of daily activities to encourage functional independence in preparation for their discharge from hospital.

You will be working under the guidance of an established and supportive team of qualified Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and other therapy support staff within the services.

You will be supported to develop the skills to work independently, to provide delivery of care including liaison with patients, family members, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies following a “home first” model.

IT skills are required, as the service operates with electronic patient records.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is unable to sponsor international applicants in this role. You can find out more about how you can work in the UK by visiting Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Could this be for you?

We are seeking applicants who have had experience working in a therapy environment within the NHS, and understand the physical, cognitive and emotional needs of patients experiencing an acute admission and the effect this may have on their discharge.

We welcome applications from those who possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrate flexibility and initiative and can prioritise their workload in a busy environment.

You will also demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and an aptitude for team working. We are seeking someone who can demonstrate the trusts PROUD to CARE values.

Flexibility to help cover other wards will be required, in line with service needs.

As a trust we offer

• onsite parking
• wellbeing hub
• counselling
• onsite exercise classes
• the royal mile (one mile circuit around the hospital grounds)
• several refreshment outlets
• onsite post office
• cash machines
• fruit and vegetable stall that visits throughout the week
• outdoor seating areas to facilitate staff breaks

As a Department We Offer

• apprenticeship schemes
• departmental wellbeing support
• regular catch ups with head of department
• regular supervision
• yearly appraisal
• in-service training programmes
• formal and informal support
• wellbeing champion

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Sheldon Job title: Head of Occupational Therapy Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01246 512648