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An exciting opportunity to join the Early Supported Discharge Team in Stroke at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust in a permanent role. There is also a possibility of additional roles following the successful SQuIRe (Stroke Quality Improvement in Rehabilitation) pilot project with NHS England, with the business case pending approval. The role is based in the community providing intense therapy at home for Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy needs for up to 6 weeks. We are looking for a motivated and dynamic General Therapy Assistants to join our team to work alongside the above therapists.

As a member of this team, you will be required to communicate well and be confident to work within guidelines and protocols. You will work under the guidance of Therapists within the team, in the rehabilitation of Stroke patients. After the appropriate training you will lone work in the community and be expected to be able to progress patients’ programmes. Working in this passionate and innovative team you will have the opportunity to expand your clinical skills and knowledge with regular in-house training. As part of the role, you will get the opportunity to support the acute stroke team for 7 day working.

If you have the skills outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services whilst being valued and supported then apply today.

Main duties of the job

To provide skilled routine and some non-routine, clinical and non-clinical support to the Stroke Team including Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language therapy. This will be in both the community and hospital setting.

To accept routine patient referrals to the Early Supported Discharge team and assess, treat and discharge according to protocols and guidelines.

To work independently within the community setting, frequently in isolation throughout the working day, with access to supervision. 

To maintain close communication with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate patient care.

To actively lead and co-ordinate the Assistant in‑service training programme

To actively participate in team and departmental in-service training. Work alongside qualified therapist in the induction of new staff

To carry out other duties deemed necessary by the Clinical Specialists/Lead Therapists in discussion with the post holder to ensure adequate provision of service

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.