Fixed term for 12 months (Maternity leave cover)
Closing Date: 23rd March 2025
Interview Date: 7th April 2025
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Main duties of the job
A great opportunity has arisen for either an experienced Band 2, an existing Band 3 Assistant, or experienced personnel within the healthcare system to work as a multiskilled therapy assistant as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire stroke pathway.
This post is available for a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. The role will involve working alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech and Language Therapists in the provision of stroke rehabilitation activities within the inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit (Felix Holt Ward) at George Eliot Hospital.
About us
Here at George Eliot, our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever-evolving clinically-led acute service provider, we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly, and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper; they bond us together, reflect our ambition, and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in-house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden, and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job responsibilities
* To assist the Stroke Rehabilitation Therapy team in the provision of an effective and efficient Therapy Service.
* To carry out a wide range of therapy programmes and practice of rehabilitation activities with stroke survivors in the ward setting.
* To assist with the running of classes in the inpatient setting.
* To assist with administrative duties, including ordering equipment, record keeping, and data inputting.
CLINICAL
* To treat and provide quality care to patients as delegated by the responsible therapist within agreed protocols and treatment plans, as documented by the qualified staff.
* Work unsupervised to implement appropriate treatment plans as designated by a senior therapist. Treatment should be delivered in the most appropriate location for the client, adjusting own clinical interventions based on the patient's fluctuating needs.
* To ensure methods of treatment, its frequency, and review are appropriate to the diagnosis/problem of the patient and within the priorities of the Service.
* Discuss with the registered therapist in the planning, implementation, evaluation, and modification of therapy interventions.
* To ensure that all client intervention is documented in a timely, objective, and confidential manner via specific therapy notes.
* To ensure a beneficial and positive communication with clients, their families/carers, and other professionals involved, respecting individual needs and promoting user involvement/decision making.
* To ensure all necessary Therapy intervention is undertaken in accordance with departmental policy, and advise the Team Leader or Senior Therapist of an inability to do so.
* Encourage patients and their carers to actively participate in regaining and maintaining their personal independence through the use of persuasion and motivational skills.
* Deal with sensitive situations or contentious information.
* Use efficient and effective communication methods e.g. appropriate use of electronic communication.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
* Previous experience working in healthcare/Therapy Assistant/NHS.
* Keyboard skills with ability.
* English and Maths to GCSE level 'C' or equivalent.
* NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent practical experience/competencies.
* Ability to work within a team.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Well organized.
* Good time management.
* Ability to cope with aggression/distress.
* Able to move equipment.
* Able to maintain confidentiality of information at all times.
* Able to recognize when to ask for help.
* Able to manage own time.
* Able to work independently and as part of a team.
* A positive 'can do' attitude to change and flexible working practices to meet changing service and demands of a busy area.
* Ability to deal with stress and stressful situations.
* Ability to concentrate despite interruptions.
* Flexible and adaptable to meet the service needs.
* Diplomatic and sensitive to other needs.
* To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT.
* Team player.
* Good timekeeper.
* Able to attend external meetings occasionally.
* Willingness to work flexibly.
* Previous experience working as a Therapy Assistant within the acute setting.
* Driving license and access to a vehicle.
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.
£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata.
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