We have an exciting 5 month secondment opportunity to recruit a full time Advanced Assistant to join our Neurological Rehabilitation Online (NROL) team. This role will enable patients to access NROL and with support therapeutic delivery of online groups across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic candidate, preferably with previous experience working in a care or therapy setting, with skills around digital delivery of therapy.
The roles will be working alongside therapists (including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists) delivering online therapy groups to wide range ofpatients presenting with a variety of neurological conditions.
For further information contact Adam Partington, Operational lead for NROL 01282 803757, adam.partington@elht.nhs.uk
Flexible working considered
*For internal applicants please consult with your line manager to ensure a secondment would be authorised, before applying for the post*
As an Advanced Assistant you will work as a member of the NROL Team, enabling patients to access NROL. You will provide digital support and education to patients on referral to the service. The post holder will also assist in the digital delivery of therapy, supporting qualified therapists in treating patients according to their condition via online therapy groups.
You will use technical and creative skills in the provision of therapeutic activities for patients in a group setting and will be responsible for the collection of outcome measures and feedback.
As an Advanced Assistant you will work closely with the therapy team, operational lead and administrative staff, and take responsibility for supporting you own caseload of patients accessing the service.
The work will predominantly take place online, whilst onsite at Rakehead Rehabilitation unit, but you may be required to work across site to support the delivery of groups.
The position requires you to work between the hours of 0830-1630, Monday to Friday. The post holder will need to be flexible and change base in line with service need and demand
Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
We have a robust supervision and annual appraisal structure along with offering in house training to support the clinical development of our staff. We always aim to provide high standard, quality care to all our patients.
To work as a member of team assisting in the digital delivery of services supporting registered clinicians in assessing and treating patients and supporting their carers/families.
The post holder undertakes highly skilled and specialised support work from referrals screened by a registered clinician. This may include gathering information for assessments, implementing treatment programmes, as well as enabling patients to access digital services
The post holder will use technical and creative skills in the provision of clinical activities for individual patients and will be responsible for evaluating and amending treatment programmes and interventions with guidance from the registered clinician.
The post holder will take responsibility for their own work within a broad framework laid out by a registered clinician. The post holder will be responsible for delivering the defined interventions without direct supervision but will have immediate access to a registered clinician for advice and direction as required.
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024