Therapy Assistant

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Milnrow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Senior Therapy Assistant to join our integrated Therapy Team across acute wards. You will deliver timely assessments, rehabilitation, and discharge planning support within surgery, medicine, or orthopaedics, under supervision of a qualified therapist.

You will assist with delegated caseloads, undertake admin and stock duties, and contribute to service development. Weekend and public holiday flexibility is required.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent health/social care experience required.
• Experience with therapy assessments and interventions.
• Awareness of own limitations and ability to work on own initiative.
• Good verbal and written communication; ability to work in a team and adapt to varied settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions for a delegated caseload under supervision of a qualified therapist.
• Perform admin and stock control duties to support Integrated Therapy services.
• Contribute to CPD and service development, and drive forward clinical pathways.
• Assist with discharge planning and ensure timely patient care across acute wards.

Skills

NVQ level 2

Health/Social care experience

Awareness of own limitations

Initiative

Verbal and written communication

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Computer skills (emails)

Confrontation handling

Availability for weekends/public/hols

Willingness to travel across sites

Ability to teach new skills

Admin experience

NHS experience

Education

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Tools

Computer skills

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join our forward thinking and dynamic integrated Therapy Team across our acute wards You will work within an integrated model of care to provide timely assessments, rehabilitation, and support with discharge planning for our patients.

Within this role you will work as part of the Integrated Therapy team, in the speciality of surgery, medicine or orthopaedics You will provide interventions, for a delegated caseload of patients, with support and supervision of a qualified therapist, undertaking administrative and stock control duties as requested to support the Integrated therapy services.

You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

You will gain experience of working in a busy and pro-active environment where evidence-based practice is embedded and joint working, service development and CPD is encouraged. We are looking for individuals who work well as part of a team and can contribute to innovative ideas on clinical pathways and can help drive forward excellence. You must be adaptable to working with a range of patients and working environments with a flexible approach to the delivery of care. This must include a willingness to adopt working patterns that include weekends and public/bank holidays which may form part of your contracted hours or may include working additional hours.

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent, Experience in a health or social care service
• Knowledge of therapy assessments and interventions
• To have awareness of own limitations
• Able to work on own initiative
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Work well as part of a team
• Good organisational skills
• Computer skills including use of emails
• Dealing with confrontation
• Ability to work over 7 days
• Able to travel across sites and community to meet patient need, access training and attend meetings
• Able to teach new skills, Therapy Experience
• Admin experience
• NHS experience

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a