Senior Therapy Assistant

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Therapy Assistant to support adults recovering after vascular surgery. You will join the Wirral Limb Centre Service, a multidisciplinary team providing rehabilitation and therapy support to patients in hospital and in their homes.

Working with therapists, you will assist in treatment sessions, organise equipment, and help with clerical tasks. A car user with access to a vehicle is required for home visits.

Qualifications

• Communicate effectively within the Therapy Team and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Establish rapport with patients to support exercise programmes.
• Work under guidance of Qualified Therapy staff.
• Be a caring and responsible member of the Therapies service.
• Support Therapists delivering patient-focused care across clinical and clerical tasks.
• Organise workload under supervision.
• Follow SOPs, protocols and guidelines.
• Prepare patient and environment for therapy sessions.
• Assist patients with dressing/personal care and transport to treatment area.
• Prepare therapy environment and equipment for sessions.
• Assist Therapist during treatment sessions.
• Support home visits and activities of daily living.
• Order equipment and perform equipment checks.
• Be able to work alone with remote supervision.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively within the Therapy Team and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Establish rapport with patients to gain compliance with exercise programmes.
• Assist Therapists during treatment sessions and in a wide range of activities.
• Prepare patients and environment for therapy sessions, including equipment setup.
• Organise workload and follow SOPs to support care delivery.
• Support home visits and daily living activities.

Skills

Communication

Patient rapport

Team collaboration

Independent work

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and compassionate Therapy Assistant with a passion for helping adults to live better following vascular surgery.

The Wirral Limb Centre Service is a multidisciplinary team including doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and a prosthetics. You will work within the limb centre service to support the smooth running of the team by performing a range of clinical, clerical, administrational, housekeeping and departmental tasks.

The role will involve working directly with the Wirral Limb Centre service team members and require confidence in delivering delegated management plans and activities with an individual caseload and also as part of our group sessions. This role requires a car user with access to a car for work and involves care in the patients home.

• Communicate effectively within the Therapy Team and members of the multidisciplinary Team.
• Establish a rapport with patients in order to gain their compliance with exercise programmes.
• Work under the guidance of the Qualified Therapy staff.
• To be a caring and responsible member of the Therapies service and contribute the Directorate activities.
• To support the Therapists in delivering patient focussed care undertaking a range of clinical, clerical and admin, and housekeeping tasks.
• Organise and prioritise workload, under the guidance of a qualified Therapist.
• To be guided by standard operational procedures, protocol and guidelines.
• To prepare the patient and environment for the required therapeutic activity.
• Assist patients in dress/undress, ensuring the patients personal care needs are met, transporting patients to the treatment area.
• Prepare the environment for the therapy session - including clearing the area of obstructions, preparing equipment e.g. treadmill, static bicycles etc manoeuvring hoists, and other therapy equipment.
• Assist the Therapist during a treatment session/ intervention.
• Work with the Therapist to assist in treatment sessions, when required, in a wide range of activities including exercises and practising activities of daily living, accompanying the Therapist on home visits etc.
• Order new equipment and provide equipment checks
• Be able to lone work with remote supervision

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nikki Dalton Job title: Therapies Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01516047235