Therapy Senior Support Worker Hands, Burns and Plastics

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Therapy Senior Support Worker to join their Hands, Burns and Plastics team. The role involves delivering hand therapy to outpatients and assisting with inpatient care. The successful candidate will work closely with physiotherapists and occupational therapists, ensuring high-quality care and support for patients. This position offers opportunities for professional development and training.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Therapy or Health and Social Care Setting.
• Knowledge of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver hand therapy and assist with rehabilitation classes.
• Manage stock and check emergency equipment.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Person-centred care

Education

Level 2 educational qualification including Maths/English

Care certificate

Job description

Employer University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Leicester Royal Infirmary Town Leicester Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2025 23:59

Therapy Senior Support Worker Hands, Burns and Plastics

NHS AfC: Band 3

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Job overview

The Hands, Burns and Plastics therapy team have would like to recruit an enthusiastic therapy support worker to the team. The team includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and therapy support workers. The work is a mixture of clinical and non-clinical duties involving both inpatients and outpatients. The team offers fortnightly in-service training and clinical supervision, and actively promotes CPD.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to have a caseload of outpatients delivering hand therapy, they will assist with the rehabilitation classes, and they will see inpatient plastic surgery and burns patients on the wards. Their non clinical duties will include ordering stock, checking the emergency equipment and general departmental cleaning and monitoring.

Working for our organisation

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The candidate will be required to

• Develop, manage and maintain positive, appropriate relationships with service users, families and carers providing person-centred care.
• Understand the different influences that impact on health outcomes for service users and their families including health inequalities.
• Understand the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and seeks support from a registered practitioner when a service user signals a desire to change their health behaviour.
• Understand and demonstrate the principles of team and partnership working and is able to define own duties and role.
• Understand the role boundaries and importance of supervision and carrying out appropriate delegated tasks, ensuring timely completion.
• Provide feedback on service user progress and condition, recognise the impact of support and interventions, and suggest ideas for improvement when developing, reviewing and evaluating care plans based on objective evidence and experience.
• Use knowledge and understanding of common physical, mental and behavioural health conditions to recognise deterioration in service users. Respond by promptly escalating concerns to a Registered Health Care Professional.
• The successful candidate will be expected to work Monday to Friday, with an expectation that you will work as part of the weekend and Bank Holiday roster, taking compensatory time off during the week.

Please see Job Description for detailed responsibilities

Person specification

• Able to demonstrate trust values

Qualifications

• At least Level 2 educational qualification, must include Maths/English
• Care certificate

Experience

• Previous Experience in Therapy or Health and Social Care Setting
• Acute hospital or community based work Therapy

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
• Expresses enthusiasm for this post and working with Patients

communication

Additional Information

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UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavorto make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.