Therapy Assistant

East Of England Community Health And Care Nhs Trust; Dereham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The post will be based on Foxley Ward, Dereham, and you will work as a member of the therapy team to support the registered Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. Your main duties involve reviewing mobility, transfers, daily living activities and exercise programmes, feeding back progress to the therapy team.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust provides daily access to electronic patient records; you will receive training to use this functionality.

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience.
• NVQ 3 in care desirable.
• Experience with people in various sectors and with end-of-life care.
• Good literacy and ongoing learning mindset.
• Ability to manage stressful situations and be a team player.

Responsibilities

• Support physiotherapists and occupational therapists on the ward.
• Review mobility, transfers and daily living activities and exercise plans.
• Provide feedback on patient progress to the therapy team.
• Use electronic patient records daily with training provided.

Skills

Good communication skills

Motivated

English proficiency

Team player

Ability to work alone

Empathy

Education

NVQ 2 in health and social care

NVQ 3 in care

Job description

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the first Community Trust to be awarded \"Outstanding\" in a recent CQC inspection? Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are an integrated NHS and social care Trust offering opportunities for a band 3 Therapy Assistant.

We would welcome applicants with a \"can do\" attitude who reflect the values (compassion, creativity and community) and behaviours of the organisation.

We are keen to enable our patients to achieve optimum function and independence and quality of life. You will play a key part in this along with your nursing and therapy colleagues. To assist you with this you will receive support and development through in service training, annual appraisals, a personal development plan and regular management and clinical supervision.

You must be self-motivated, able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills and have good communication skills.

Please do contact us to discuss this opportunity further.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based on Foxley Ward, Dereham. You will work as a member of the therapy team on the ward where you will support the registered Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. Your main duties will involve reviewing mobility, transfers, personal activities of daily living and exercise programmes as appropriate. You will be responsible for feeding back details of each patients progress to other members of the therapy team.

NCHC have electronic patient records and therefore there is an expectation to use a computer on a daily. You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.

About us

Find out more about working for our organisation here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2565ae62eb.html

Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work Monday - Friday on a 21-bedded inpatient unit in Dereham, to deliver high standards of rehabilitation alongside their wider team.

Please see the attached job description for more information.

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience

Desirable

• NVQ 3 in care

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people, in the statutory/voluntary/private sector
• Experience of working with people at the End of life
• Literacy skills
• Evidence of ongoing learning

Desirable

• Experience of working in people's homes

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

• Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
• Good communication skills
• Highly motivated

Desirable

• Knowledge of multi-disciplinary team roles.
• Experience of working in a community setting

Communication

Essential

• Tact & diplomacy
• Empathy & sensitivity
• Ability to use own initiative
• Able to communicate effectively using the English language in both verbal and written forms

People and Personal development

Essential

• Ability to manage stressful situations
• A team player
• Awareness of own limitations
• Good organisational skills
• Open to change and development

Personal Atributes/Behaviours

Essential

• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
• Able to show initiative
• Able to work alone
• Assertive
• Good listening skills

Other

Essential

• Professional appearance
• Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments.
• Able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
• Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Be reliable
• UK driving license and have access to a vehicle
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).