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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Knowsley Community therapy service for a band 3 therapy assistant that will support the Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, and Assistant practitioners within the team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, adaptable, and committed individual to join our team.
The post holder will provide therapeutic input to patients working with those who require rehabilitation with the aim of increasing their independence in their own home. The post holder will work directly with patients following rehab plans set by therapists and supporting with daily therapy expectations. Currently, we are looking for 22.5 hours; however, there may be opportunities to increase the working hours in the future.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the therapy assistant within the Knowsley community therapy team will be:
1. Assisting therapists with assessment and treatment plans
2. Delivery of treatment plans under guidance from the therapist, but not always alongside the therapist
3. Support with admin tasks (equipment ordering, etc.)
4. Be flexible within the needs of the service
5. Support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce costs as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main role of the therapy assistant within Knowsley intermediate care will be:
1. Assisting therapists with assessment and treatment plans
2. Delivery of treatment plans under supervision
3. Support with admin tasks (equipment ordering/audits, etc.)
4. Be flexible within the needs of the service
5. Support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 or willingness to work towards
* Willingness to progress through Assistant Competencies
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of working in a healthcare setting with service users with a mental health impairment
* Understanding of safe manual handling techniques to lift/maneuver people using the service and equipment during treatment sessions.
Skills
* Good interpersonal skills
* Reasonable level of fitness
* Confident in water
* Professional attitude
* Flexibility
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme, you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
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We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
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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.
FULFIL YOUR POTENTIAL AND SPREAD YOUR WINGS WITH MERSEY CARE
At Mersey Care, our commitment to ‘perfect care’ lies at the heart of everything we do, a person-centred care that starts with you. It’s a pledge to create an environment and staff support that will enable you to do the best job you can possibly do, to be the best you can possibly be.
You’ll be joining one of the most innovative and progressive NHS trusts in the country. One that offers specialist inpatient and community services to support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. We are the founding member of the Zero Suicide Alliance and one of only three Trusts in the country which delivers high secure mental health care.
You’ll be made to feel at home, joining an 11,000 strong Mersey Care family comprising doctors and nurses, as well as countless other roles from dieticians to dentists, from data analysts to physiotherapists. You'll find a full list of our roles in our A-Z list.
You’ll have a home in the North West of England where your work/life balance is respected and working from sites easily commutable from Liverpool, Manchester, North Wales, and Cheshire with many roles operating a hybrid working system.
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