Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Therapies
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Has the opportunity to rotate within the medical and respiratory wards
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend Working and some Bank Holidays)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7931MM
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London Northwest University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £29,460 - £31,909 per annum inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
ICU/ Critical Care Therapy Assistant Practitioner/Rehab Therapy Assi
Band 4
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and caring person to work within our existing critical care and respiratory therapy team providing a high standard of care as part of the inpatient therapy service
Within the role you will provide clinical assessment and treatments under the supervision of qualified staff, prepare and maintain safe clinical areas and maintain stock levels, as well as provide administrative support to the physiotherapy and occupational therapy department.
You will be required to work within critical care, on the acute medical and surgical wards, providing therapy to clients in one to one treatments. You will also be responsible for assisting in the triaging, prioritisation, new patient assessments, and delivery of treatment and therapy programmes for this client group.
Main duties of the job
Previous experience in a similar role is essential, whilst area specific training will be provided. Excellent Inter-personal skills are also essential as you will be required to liaise with clinicians, patients / carers and GPs, as appropriate
The successful applicant will need to:
- enjoy working in a team setting
- have excellent communication skills
- be flexible, adaptable and able to work with a wide range of people
- be hard working & conscientious
- To understand the psychological symptoms and conditions that can affect a person with chronic pain, trauma and illness.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level III or Health and Social care related degree
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continued professional development within the field of therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working within a variety of therapy or related services
- To have a working knowledge of surgical conditions and respiratory conditions.
- To have knowledge of how these conditions will influence the rehabilitation of the patients
- Experience with data collection
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in physiotherapy
- Experience of working within an intensive care envionment
- Experience of discharge planning
- NHS experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge on therapy related patient assessments and exercise based programs
- Knowledge of how to assess a patient mobility.
- Ability to organise and prioritise.
- To be computer literate, with a range of applications
- To have excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- presentation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Jessica Langley
- Job title
- Clinical Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970355124
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