Physiotherapy Healthcare Support Worker

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Health Care Support Worker to join the Intermediate Care Team at NHS Ayrshire & Arran. The role involves delivering therapeutic treatments to support the rehabilitation of older adults, working within a multidisciplinary team, and requiring good communication and organisational skills.

Benefits

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Support for disabled candidates

Ongoing training opportunities

Qualifications

• SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent required.
• Experience as a Physiotherapy support worker desirable.
• Experience working with older people preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in various settings.
• Work alongside the Physiotherapy Service to support patient rehabilitation.
• Carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload of mainly older people.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Education

SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCSW to join our Intermediate Care Team as part of the Integrated Community & Support Services (ICASS).

The Intermediate Care Service provide rehabilitation to the adult population within the locality. This will be delivered to service users as in-patients, out-patients or within their own home.

The primary function of this role will be to work with the Physiotherapy Service within Intermediate Care to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in the ward setting or their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. Therapists will provide specialist assessments to this patient group and allocate work to you.

You will have an SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Experience working as a Physiotherapy support worker would be desirable. It would be desirable to have experience working with older people as they are the main group of service users referred.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team you will be expected to carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload of mainly older people.

You will have good organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within the team. There may be occasions where you will be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites. Public Holiday working is in operation.

Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and supports training opportunities. The ability to travel throughout the area is essential as community caseload is core to this role.

Interviews will be held face to face.

For informal enquiries, please contact Jane Baird, Physiotherapy Team Lead - [e-mail].

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.