Therapy Assistant | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Winchester is seeking a motivated individual to join their Acute Team at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. The ideal candidate should have good communication skills and the ability to motivate patients. While previous experience in a caring environment is preferred, it is not essential. The Trust offers flexible working patterns to accommodate individual requirements.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic individual required.
• Experience in an enabling or caring environment preferred but not essential.
• Must be a manual car driver.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team to rehabilitate patients.
• Provide motivation and support to patients.
• Assist in flexible working patterns as needed.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to motivate patients

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Acute Team at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. The successful candidates will need to be a manual car driver and be prepared to work in a flexible way. We cover a 7 day service so regular weekend working will be required.

We encourage candidates to come and have informal visits.

Within the acute team at RHCH we cover over 260 beds in the following specialties:

• ICU and surgery (general/vascular)
• Front Door (ED, Acute Medical Unit)
• General medicine (Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Cardiology)
• Elderly medicine/Frailty

We are a friendly, dedicated, enthusiastic team working to ensure we improve the lives of the population we serve. Working alongside our colleagues in Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Andover Hospital we are committed to supporting professional development with a strong supervision structure in place. Hampshire Hospitals NHS foundation Trust places a strong emphasis on supporting staff to be the best they can be in order to deliver their vision of outstanding care for every patient.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person who wants to work within a team whose priority is to rehabilitate patients back to their maximum functional ability. We are looking for candidates with good communication skills and the ability to motivate patients and who ideally have previous experience of working with people in an enabling or caring environment, although this is not essential and can be discussed at interview.

Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust is happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.