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Job summary

Main area
Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Some evening and weekend work may be required)
Job ref
381-CT-6416102
Employer
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
SWBH NHS Trust
Town
Sandwell and West Birmingham
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/07/2024 23:59

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Therapy Assistant - Trauma and Orthopaedics

NHS AfC: Band 3

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:

People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;

Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;

Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;

We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.

Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls. 

Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.

Job overview

We have an exciting new position for an enthusiastic and motivated person who is passionate about providing therapy to patients following traumatic injury or elective orthopaedic surgery. The successful post holder will join the Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy Team at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust as we prepare to move to our new hospital, MMUH in October 2024. This post provides the opportunity to work across our acute Trauma and Orthopaedic wards, supporting the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Team who are treating patients admitted following traumatic injury or elective surgery. This will involve leading on and carrying out treatment and rehabilitation plans for these patients, whilst working closely alongside the wider MDT.
 
In this role you would be required to work as part of the Trauma and Orthopaedic multidisciplinary team, alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Doctors. You would play a key role in gathering information from patients and their relatives / carers to understand their social, environmental and living circumstances, understanding how their injury or surgery impacts their ability to participate in their hobbies and meaningful function on discharge. Through this role, you would support these patients through their injury or surgery and achieve their goals carrying out rehabilitation plans and providing adaptive equipment.
 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will become an integral member of the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team, working to ensure optimal care for patients admitted to our acute Trauma and Orthopaedic wards. You will work as part of a cohesive multi-professional team, assessing and treating patients with a wide range of traumatic injuries, many of whom will have a range of clinical presentations.
 
The post involves taking on responsibility for managing a caseload, which will involve providing therapy and rehabilitation, mobility progression and equipment provision for patients following elective orthopaedic surgery and traumatic injury. You will support with the implementation of functional and cognitive interventions and evaluate outcomes of physiotherapy and occupational therapy treatments.
 
Through your role, you will be supporting with facilitating flow throughout the hospital with timely as part of each individual patients’ recovery journey to prevent delay. This will include liaison with and referring onto to the appropriate agencies as needed.
 
Development of skills and knowledge within this post will be of a high priority. The successful candidate would be expected to undertake training and would have the opportunity to work alongside the MDT. They would also receive strong support, teaching and guidance from the registered Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy staff.
 
 

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

  1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
  2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
  3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in a healthcare environment including time working in an acute environment as part of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Portfolio evidence of learning

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 Healthcare or equivalent experience or be prepared to undertake that or similar programme within 6 months of taking up post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Lamb
Job title
Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812708670

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