Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
A band 3 Therapy Assistant post opportunity has become available within Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust's Learning Disability Service. The role involves supporting learning disabled adults who require specialist health support due to their complex physical, sensory, communication, and behavioural impairments.
The post is based within East North East Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) working alongside and supporting the members of the full multi-disciplinary team - band 4 senior support workers, dietitians, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and speech and language therapists. The post works across a variety of settings including the CLDT office, service users' homes, day placements, as well as within a therapy base offering hydrotherapy, rebound therapy, and therapy kitchen. The issue of a laptop and mobile phone also enables remote and hybrid working. Training will be offered under all clinical areas/arenas to support development into this role.
Main duties of the job
1. Under the guidance and supervision of the teams' clinicians to carry a caseload taking responsibility for implementing and reinforcing health management care plans using a range of nursing and therapeutic techniques.
2. To participate in health assessments and monitoring through pre-set directed observations and information gathering, liaising with service users and carers and other agencies.
3. To provide and monitor the implementation of basic therapy equipment under the direction of a clinician.
4. To support the checking, managing, and session planning of the hydrotherapy and rebound specialist environments collaborating with the physiotherapists and senior support workers.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research, and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days, and more NHS Discount Offers.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job responsibilities
* To work under the guidance of community learning disability team clinicians to support service users and their carers around their complex varied health care needs. The overall responsibility for the service user always remains with the registered clinician.
* To support in the assessment of service users through information gathering through liaison with service users, carers, and the MDT through observations and monitoring as guided by the registered clinician.
* To support, deliver, and monitor therapy and nursing programmes within a prescribed framework to adults within the learning disability service who present with complex health and social care needs.
* To work independently in the community within set clinical parameters.
* To work alongside other therapy staff within the services specialist therapeutic hydrotherapy and rebound therapy suites.
* To liaise with service users, their carers, other health and social care professionals, and agencies within set clinical parameters.
* To actively engage with supervision and appraisal process as identified in Trust Policy.
Person Specification
Values
* A keen interest in supporting individuals with a Learning Disability
Qualifications
* GCSE English and Maths grade C minimum (or equivalent)
* UK Driver's licence and access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes including the carrying of equipment
Skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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