Therapy Assistant

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Hartshill; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust invites applicants to join the North Community Recovery Therapy Team as a Therapy Assistant. You will deliver high quality, caring patient care and work under indirect supervision of a registered professional.

This role covers Coleshill, Tamworth, Nuneaton and other North Warwickshire areas, with travel expected. You must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle; regular base at Hartshill to support the team and coordinate patients; band 3, with

Qualifications

• Undertake assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs.
• Work under indirect supervision of a registered professional.
• Contribute to high standard of care within North Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, caring patient care.
• Provide patient co-ordination as part of the team.
• Support travel across Coleshill, Tamworth, Nuneaton and surrounding areas.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the North Community Recovery Therapy Team.

The role of the Therapy Assistant is to deliver high quality, caring and compassionate patient care.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs for a defined group of patients under the indirect supervision of a registered professional in their specialist area.

The post holders are required to work as part of a team committed to delivering and improving a high standard of care within North Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

This role covers vast amounts of area's such as Coleshill, Tamworth, Nuneaton and other North area's. Therefore, you should expect to travel distances.

You will be required to come into the Hartshill base regular to support the team and assist with patient co-ordination.

Must have a driving licence and have permanent access to a vehicle to fulfil the role.

Can be paid at Band 3 and is willing to work towards a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent higher apprenticeship in order to gain a B4

The post holder to undertake roles and duties delegated by the Community team leader or suitably qualified and regulated professional. Working within the boundaries set out by the regulated professional, the scope of the role enables the post holder to make a noncomplex assessment of the patient according to level of competence and act on the assessment. They will work collaboratively with the team to meet the needs of patients with specified long term conditions by providing quality evidence based care. The post holder will follow practice policy and procedures and provide supervision to more junior staff.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the North of the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracy Birkett Job title: Therapy Team Lead Email address: [e-mail]