We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant to work within the Older Person's Services (OPS) Therapy Team. The OPS Therapy Team strives to ensure older people presenting to our acute hospital receive the highest quality care in a timely manner from clinicians with a holistic approach and passion in caring for older people.
The therapy team is responsible for the assessment and management of patients in the Emergency Department, the Older Person's Assessment Unit (OPAU), short stay, and complex older person's medical wards. This is a rotational post across the inpatient older adult's therapy services.
The key responsibilities would require you to work alongside the therapists to support the team with assessing and rehabilitating the older person. The post holder would work alongside other qualified therapists and rehab assistants to provide a Therapy service to patients, managing your own caseload of patients under the guidance of a qualified clinician.
The OPS Therapy Team is extremely dynamic, looking to improve and integrate health and social care for older people in Dorset and Hampshire. Our approach is to ensure that the assessment and intervention process for the older person is as seamless and effective as possible whilst on their journey from hospital to home. Administrative responsibilities will be required within this role to support the qualified therapists.
Previous experience of working with older people, in an acute hospital or community setting is essential. The post holder must have a Foundation Degree in health or assistant practitioner qualification equivalent. The post will include 7 day working and therefore the post holder will be expected to participate in weekend rotas. You will be required to achieve a certain competency level which we will give you support and training to help you achieve. We have a structured in-house training programme and a supportive team of clinical staff.
Ideally, you should be a car driver with a full driving licence and have access to your own car. The role may include assessing patients in their home environment, with support as required from the qualified clinicians. To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. This post requires a foundation degree in health care, or equivalent.
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m. We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands. This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
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