Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-NM50
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £27,857 - £30,570 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Assistant Practitioner
Band 4
Job overview
Are you:
- Ready for a new challenge,
- Driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations,
- Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future
Do you want to:
- Learn in a fast-paced hospital setting,
- Grow your knowledge about equipment provision and your clinical skills,
- Work with the Medical Team with an opportunity to collaborate with both internal and external multidisciplinary partners
- Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and welcoming team.
Main duties of the job
Upon completion of your competencies, you will:
- Assist in the assessment and treatment of patients with guidance from a qualified staff
- Assist in the assessment, provision and installation of equipment
- Assist in completing onward community referrals
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of therapy programs
- Participate in training, supervision and appraisal
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Assist in the provision of care to patients, supported and supervised by a qualified therapist.
- Carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction/supervision and prescription of individual exercise programmes), delegated by qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, manual therapy skills, as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
- To take handover and undertake discharge planning
- To manage a specified patient caseload, to include patients with complex rehabilitation goals
- To provide high quality group exercise sessions to patients and conduct Gym induction sessions to patients
- To provide and order patient equipment from NRS (or equivalent supplier) within set competencies or as directed by an appropriate qualified therapist
- Participate in continued personal development
- To contribute in the induction and training of new therapy staff, therapy students and other non-qualified health care staff within the therapy team
- To order and monitor stock of disposable therapy equipment.
- To contribute to the supervision and training of other therapy assistants
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics
- Knowledge of anatomy/physiology
- , Specific clinical knowledge relevant to speciality
- NVQ Level3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Degree or equivalent in related field or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as Band 3 Therapy assistant within a NHS setting
- Leading and delivering exercise programmes in a hospital setting
- Working within a team
- Experience of working directly with patients
Desirable criteria
- Undertaking exercise prescription for people with long term conditions
- Evaluating outcomes of exercise or use of equipment
- Knowledge of therapy interventions acquired through training or experience within a healthcare setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication.
- Ability to instruct and motivate
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise and manage day.
- IT skills
- Ability to critically appraise own performance. To be able to organise and deliver a health education session either in 1:1 or group sessions.
- Basic understanding of the patient condition and its impact on the therapy intervention.
- Ability to conduct and respond to risk assessments
Desirable criteria
- Negotiation skills, able to overcome barriers to exercise.
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
- sheryll anton
- Job title
- Principal Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768841019
List jobs with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors