Therapy Assistant

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare provider is seeking a motivated Therapy Assistant to join their Admission Avoidance Team. The role involves assisting in the assessment and rehabilitation of patients, while also delivering care for individuals with simple conditions. Candidates should have previous healthcare experience, possess strong communication skills, and demonstrate the ability to work under pressure in a team. The position includes a seven-day service rota, ensuring flexibility in a bustling acute hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting is essential.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Awareness of mobility and social problems encountered in a hospital.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the assessment and rehabilitation of patients.
• Deliver care for patients with non-complex conditions.
• Conduct administrative tasks including stocktaking and IT work.

Skills

Effective communication

Physically fit for manual handling

Organisational skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

GCSE Maths and English

Job description

We are looking for a motivated Therapy Assistant to join our Admission Avoidance Team, which is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.

You will assist in the assessment, acute rehabilitation and discharge of patients under the care of the Admission Avoidance Team's Therapists and Nurses, facilitating admission avoidance and discharge of medically optimised patients from the Emergency Department and/or Acute Medical wards.

You must be an organised and motived individual who can work flexibly as part of a team and have previous experience of working within a relevant clinical setting.

You will need to have excellent communication skills, be reliable and have the ability to work under pressure within an acute hospital setting.

The Team provides a seven-day service, and you will be expected to participate in the Rota.

Main duties of the job

To undertake clinical support work to aid the assessment, acute rehabilitation and discharge of patients under the care of the Admission Avoidance Team's Therapists/Nurses facilitating discharge of medically optimised patients from the Emergency Department or Acute Medical wards.

Assist in delivering care and treatments for patients with simple non-complex conditions within agreed parameters set by the AAT Therapists/Nurses, monitoring progress and liaising with qualified staff members regarding the patients' response to treatment and discharge planning.

Complete a range of administrative tasks including stocktaking and IT based work. AAT is a seven day service and post holder will be expected to participate in the seven day working rota.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details of the job requirements required for this post.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

• Education - GCSE Maths and English.

Experience

• Experience of working in a team environment
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of taking exercise classes
• An awareness of conditions you are likely to encounter in a hospital or therapy treatment setting, for example, mobility and social problems.
• Awareness of the roles of other MDT staff.

Skills

• Physically fit to perform manual handling techniques and exercise therapy and demonstrate the ability to learn more advanced techniques.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to organise self and others to perform routine departmental tasks in a variety of settings.
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal form to staff and patients, who may have communication barriers, E.g. stroke or language barriers.
• Able to apply problem- solving skills to situations, which may include analysis of clinical, technical or organisational issues

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Ability to work as a team member.
• Able to identify your own training needs.
• Able to demonstrate a sympathetic and empathetic approach to patients and carers.

Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£29,651 to £31,312 a yearPer annum Including HCAS