Senior Therapy Assistant Stroke and Specialist Rehabilitation (Band 3)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a passionate Senior Therapy Assistant to join their Specialist Rehabilitation team. This rewarding role involves supporting therapists in providing essential care for patients on their rehabilitation journey, particularly in Stroke and Neuro rehabilitation services. You will manage a delegated caseload, contribute to patient evaluations, and work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a modern healthcare facility that values diversity and inclusion, and where your contributions will have a lasting impact on the community's health and well-being.

Qualifications

• Good general education including GCSEs in English and Maths.
• Courses relevant to therapy and/or dietetics are required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload delegated by clinicians and undertake assessments.
• Support therapists with complex cases and improve service area.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Analytical skills

Planning and organisational skills

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving skills

Supervisory skills

Presentation skills

Education

GCSEs in English and Maths

Courses relevant to therapy and/or dietetics

ECDL or formal qualifications in IT

Tools

SystmOne

IT applications

Job description

Senior Therapy Assistant Stroke and Specialist Rehabilitation (Band 3)

NHS AfC: Band 3

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

These are exciting times for Airedale. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.

Job overview

Do you have the skills and enthusiasm for working in a rehabilitation setting? A vacancy has arisen in our Specialist Rehabilitation team. This rewarding role is ideal if you have a passion for supporting people on their rehab journey. Working as a Therapy Assistant, you would be providing essential support for Therapists and playing an important part in our Stroke and Neuro rehabilitation service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:
• Manage a caseload delegated by clinicians
• Independently undertake basic assessments and interventions relevant to delegated caseload
• Contribute to the evaluation of programmes and patient’s progression making minor alterations in consultation with the therapist/dietitian.
• Support therapists/dietitians with complex cases as required
• Work with team members to ensure the effective functioning of the team
• Work in partnership with patients, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services.
• Participate in activities to improve the service area
• Work flexibly according to patient and service needs

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good general level of education including GCSEs in English and Maths
• Completed courses relevant to therapy and/or dietetics
• ECDL or formal qualifications in word processing and spreadsheets

Experience

• Experience of working in health care, social care or education
• Experience of working with people with a range of health needs
• Experience of carrying out therapeutic interventions
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience in use of IT applications
• Recent experience of working in therapy or dietetic services

Skills

• Communication skills including observation, listening and empathy
• Skills to empower people to realise and maintain their potential in relation to health and well-being
• Analytical and reflective skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Supervisory skills
• Presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate

Other

• Car driver with access to a vehicle and/or to be able to travel between sites and to patients’ homes in a timely manner

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the impact illness and disability have on function
• Knowledge of rehabilitation
• Knowledge of therapy interventions
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working
• Knowledge to promote and support equality and value diversity
• Knowledge of health, safety issues
• Knowledge of the NHS constitution
• Knowledge of relevant clinical assessments and treatments
• Knowledge of SystmOne

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.