Specialist Therapy Assistant

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust seeks staff to provide support to Therapists across community settings, enabling high quality interventions for patients requiring physiotherapy, speech and language therapy or occupational therapy in the community.

The role involves holistic care, working within a multi-disciplinary team and contributing to service improvement, with emphasis on completing pre-employment checks and presenting essential certificates.

Qualifications

• Must provide all certificates stated essential in the person specification.
• Must be able to complete pre-employment checks.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to Therapists in the community to deliver high quality interventions.
• Assist in the delivery of core programmes of clinical care and participate in service improvement initiatives.
• Work within a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary framework with nursing, social work, therapy, residential, administrative and support staff.
• Care for stroke survivors in their homes or residential homes requiring care and support in the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Job description

To provide support to Therapists in a variety of settings in the provision of high quality interventions to meet the needs of patients requiring physiotherapy, speech and language therapy or occupational therapy in the community.

To provide holistic care for clients without direct supervision but accountable at all times to the responsible case manager

To assist in the delivery of core programmes of clinical care and participate in service improvement and development initiatives.

To work within a multi-agency, multi- disciplinary framework of nursing, social work, therapy, residential, administrative and support staff.

Client Group: Comprehensive portfolio of rehabilitation, nursing, healthcare and case management services to stroke survivors in their homes or residential homes requiring care and support in the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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