Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy asssistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (22.5 hours, days to be negotiated)
- Job ref
- 846-6880828-CF
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westview Integrated Care Centre
- Town
- Tenterden
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Therapy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
We are looking for a skilled Therapy Assistant to join our Community Rehab Team based in Tenterden.
We are a multi-disciplinary team of OT's, Physios and Therapy Assistants. We work within patients’ homes and rehabilitation groups to ensure effective discharge planning and a seamless rehabilitation pathway.
Please note as this is a community based role you will need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.
Main duties of the job
You will be an integral part o our rehabilitation team, working with our service users, helping them on the road to recovery and keeping them out of hospital so they can live as independently as possible.
Your duties will include:
• Follow up Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of delegated caseload and escalating changes to the Registered Practitioner
• To support in the supervision of Band 3 Health Care Support Workers and Trainees
• To actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality care to patients/clients
• To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent
• To undertake clinical interventions utilising a variety of modes, including planning and leading group and individual therapy and issuing appropriate equipment as part of packages of prescribed care after achieving appropriate competencies.
Additional Working Pattern: 22.5 hours, days to be negotiated
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 2 years working as a therapy assistant
- Working with patients/clients and families to negotiate and agree a personalised care plan including re-assessing risks and needs
- Be comfortable with liaising with patients and families about a patients plans and discharge plans
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Be able to communicate with qualified staff, B3 therapy assistants, the entire MDT, patients and relatives
- Effective communication skills both verbal and non-verbal
- Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records for both assessments and review interventions
- Good written note writing and ability to use computerised notes systems
- Working without supervision taking delegated responsibility for the care they give to patients/clients within their own limits of competency and confidence
- Ba able to support, mentor and train band 3 therapy assistants and HCAs
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Integrated Care Board including Clinical Governance, NICE, Essence of Care
- Understands the role and remit of a Band 4
- Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Integrated Care Board including Clinical Governance, NICE, Essence of Care
- Know when to escalate concerns to qualified colleagues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Jecks
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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