Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Assistant
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working maybe required)
- Job ref
- 203-CS828
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leamington Rehabilitation Hospital
- Town
- Leamington
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Assistant
Band 4
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the South Community Therapy Team.
The role of the Therapy Assistant is to deliver high quality, caring and compassionate patient care.
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking assessments of patients in their own home, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs for a defined group of patients under the indirect supervision of a registered professional in their specialist area.
The post holders are required to work as part of a team committed to delivering and improving a high standard of care within South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle to fulfil the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder to undertake roles and duties delegated by the Community team leader or suitably qualified and regulated professional. Working within the boundaries set out by the regulated professional, the scope of the role enables the post holder to make a noncomplex assessment of the patient according to level of competence and act on the assessment. They will work collaboratively with the team to meet the needs of patients with specified long term conditions by providing quality evidence based care. The post holder will follow practice policy and procedures and provide supervision to more junior staff.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake patient/client visits as a member of the multidisciplinary team further developing skills in assessment, planning, delivery, evaluation of patient/clients health and well-being needs.
To carry out non-complex assessments within scope of practice and as required meet the needs of the patient.
To provide direct care and support to patients in their own homes.
To identify changes in patient’s conditions and recognise within the post holders capabilities, when to inform a senior clinician.
To communicate in a timely and comprehensive way with members of the Multidisciplinary team.
To be competent in essential technical skills.
To give advice and support to patients/carers that reflects the care plan and provides a level of knowledge and experience to reassure the patient/carer and is within the competence of the post holder.
To organise own work load and establish priorities
To be able to work unsupervised in patient’s homes.
Able to organise therapeutic individual sessions with a designated caseload of clients using specific technical knowledge and skills
To use skills to interpret and analyse clinical, social, and environmental factors to contribute to the best course of therapy intervention and development of treatment and discharge plan.
Ability to use a variety of clinical outcome measures to demonstrate effective treatment.
Provision of a high standard of clinical care and assist in maintaining service delivery in rehabilitation.
Ability to work within duty Co-ordinator role using prioritisation and delegation skills enabling effective screening of referrals.
Demonstrate sound knowledge of therapy interventions for older people (i.e. Otago exercise programmes for falls)
Able to identify and formulate with client/carer SMART therapy goals using assessment information and appropriate outcome measures.
Undertake Risk assessment for equipment.
To assess for and order a wide range of equipment to promote independence in line with the policies and procedures of the ICES within their authorised budgetary limit.
To provide support and supervision to Health Care Assistants within the team as required.
To organise own workload and establish priorities (and Health Care Assistant when appropriate), in collaboration with Therapy Team leader.
To portray a positive image of the Integrated team at all times.
To be able to work unsupervised.
To maintain and improve IT skills effectively and contribute to statistical and audit returns as necessary .To submit statistical information as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Obtained an educational level of GCSE level A – C English and Maths or equivalent
- Minimum Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent higher apprenticeship
- Care Certificate or willingness to work towards attaining it
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in delivering care and working in a healthcare, people centred environment
- Experience working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience in supervising others at work
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of competence in patient assessment skills
- Evidence of specialist extended skills and competencies
- Evidence of regular updates and utilisation of specialist skills and competencies
- Able to implement and evaluate treatment
- Able to recognise when escalation to a registered professional is required
- Able to delegate work appropriately
- Good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Competent IT skills
- Able to present information, written and orally in an accurate clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Able to work autonomously
- Ability to write accurate and legibly in patient notes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising others
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to work as part of a team
- Compassionate and caring nature
- Empathetic
- Reliable
Other
Essential criteria
- Passes pre-employment checks
- Able to work flexibly over 24 hour period
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
- Able, with appropriate support, to work in an emotionally demanding environment
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
- Alison Harbon
- Job title
- Therapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07990792553
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