Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Physiotherapy - Corporate
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2024-27-01-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/07/2024
Employer heading
Rehabilitation Assistant
Band 3
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rehabilitation Assistant to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team under the supervision of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists working across the stroke pathway.
You will implement treatment programmes prescribed by the therapist, making minor modifications when necessary often working without direct supervision.
Applicants should have a technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III health related care or equivalent technical/work experience. You will need to have an appreciation of the principles of rehabilitation and experience of working as a member of a team and working with older people. Good organisational and time management skills and a commitment to personal development are required as well as effective written and oral communication and IT skills.
- Interview Date 18/07/2024
- 22.5 hours per week, however there may be an opportunity to work additional hours in the future.
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
- To work under the supervision of the Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist. To work alongside the therapist to deliver therapy to a complex caseload on the ward.
- To independently manage a designated caseload of patients defined as non-complex within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the therapies within predetermined guidelines.
- Following an initial assessment completed by the physiotherapist occupational therapist or speech and language therapist the rehabilitation assistant will implement treatment programmes prescribed by the therapist, making minor modifications, when necessary, sometimes working without direct supervision.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We’re proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist. To work alongside the Therapist to deliver Therapy to a complex caseload on the ward.
- To independently manage a designated caseload of patients defined as non-complex within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the Therapies within predetermined guidelines.
- To deliver and fit assistive equipment in the patient’s home as directed by the therapist.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Technical qualification e.g., NVQ Level III Health related or equivalent technical/work experience
- Sound general education
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working with patients
- Working with older people
- Broad range of life experiences An appreciation of the principles of rehabilitation
- An understanding of manual handling principles
- Have a basic understanding of the principles of behaviour and conduct in practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with individuals with a physical disability e.g. stroke
- Working as a member of a team
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and in isolation
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Good listening skills
- IT skills
- Ability to meet the driving requirements of the post
- Have the ability to reflect and appraise own performance so to maintain own continued personal development
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- IT 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
- Sue Smith
- Job title
- Advanced Physiotherapist Stroke
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01912821736
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