Job summary
- Main area
- Growing the Friarage & Community Services L3
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-FCS-6340355
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Ormesby Health Village
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Support Worker Higher Level - Therapy Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
Part time hours 18.75 per week
Are you passionate about rehabilitation and helping patients to achieve their potential and improve their quality of life? If so, this could be the opportunity for you!
We have a Clinical Support Worker Higher Level, Therapy Assistant post, to work within the Middlesbrough Therapy Team to provide rehabilitation to patients in the local community.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North Yorkshire Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals and community services. Therapy services at South Tees NHS trust are also part of the wider Integrated OT service. This is a unique partnership between Health and Social care in South Tees with a commitment to working together, improving the quality of our services and getting rid of existing barriers between health and social services.
Support and in-service training will be provided to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of the role. There are supervision structures in place to provide support and ensure that you continue to deliver the best possible service to the patients in our care.
Main duties of the job
Working in the community, you will work alongside Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to implement rehabilitation programmes in patients’ own homes, care homes and group settings, working closely with statutory and voluntary services to promote and maintain independence.
As well as completing joint visits with therapists the post holder will be expected to undertake independent visits to implement exercise programmes, complete mobility practice, self-care practice, provide, fit and check equipment as requested by the therapist.
At present the service is provided 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) with no requirement to work weekends. The post does require successful candidates to be able to travel independently within the local community to visit patients at home.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.
You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- 3 A-levels OR Health and Science T-level OR equivalent level 3 qualification(s) and Functional Skills (level 2) OR As a level 3 apprenticeship, such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship (or other level 3 qualification pathway) AND/OR Short courses and completion of competency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care duties AND/OR Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3; - Theoretical knowledge - Experience of a range of care and related procedures - clinical observations - knowledge of relevant legislation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in health or social care
- Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalation of changes or findings.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a therapy assistant.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to deal with a wide range of people at all levels, including clients, carers, family, health and social care colleagues and other professionals.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rona Pout
- Job title
- Locality Lead Middlesbrough
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 944666
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