Band 4 Therapy Assistant- Community Rehab and Falls Service
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
The Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service (CRAFS) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 4 Therapy Assistant. This is a great opportunity for a Band 3 looking to progress or for a Band 4 to gain experience working in the community.
CRAFS provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults living in the community who have had a change in function caused by falls, illness, injury or long-term conditions such as arthritis.
Your role in CRAFS will be varied. You will support the person-centred rehabilitation of patients in their homes by delivering exercise programmes and practising tasks such as walking. You will also have opportunities to run strength and balance falls prevention exercise classes and support our award-winning "strength and balance helpline", conducting telephone assessments to assist our falls prevention work. You will also carry out some clinical admin tasks to support the team.
The role includes partnership working across community teams and primary and secondary health and social care. You will be part of a dynamic, diverse team which provides staff with a supportive and friendly working environment.
You should have experience of delivering rehab to adults with a variety of needs, with support from qualified therapy staff. You will be required to take part in service developments and show flexibility when adapting to and supporting change. Excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise your workload are essential.
Main duties of the job
* To contribute to the assessment, planning and review of, and to independently implement rehabilitation programmes with a variety of clients. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care tasks, kitchen practice, undertaking access visits to feedback environmental information to therapists, assessment for and provision of equipment to assist with daily activities and documenting interventions accurately in notes following trust guidelines.
* To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurse in a variety of settings including clinic, intermediate care inpatient wards, outpatients, client's home environment and the community.
* To hold specific lead areas for service (e.g. infection control) and participate or support service development projects and audits.
* To participate in weekend rotas as required- currently Pulross Intermediate Care Unit.
* To work across borough boundaries, accessing and recording information using mobile devices, and coming into offices for meeting or specific events.
About us
The Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service is part of the Integrated Local Services directorate. It delivers physiotherapy and occupational therapy to adults and older people with illness, injury or disability, helping them to be more independent in their daily activities. The clients have a wide range of functional difficulties, long-term conditions and disabilities and many have multiple pathologies and complex medical conditions. They may be seen in a 14 bed Intermediate Care Unit, in their own homes and in health and community centres within Lambeth and Southwark. The service leads the provision of Falls prevention and management of clients within both boroughs providing individual and group exercise programmes.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of role.
Having a Later Life Postural Stability Instructor qualification is desirable for this post, but not essential.
Face to face interviews are scheduled for Friday 21st February 2025.
Please ensure that your application contains examples of your personal knowledge and experience in relation to this role.
Person Specification
Skills
* Understanding of a wide range of physical and psychological conditions and their impact on a client's ability to undertake everyday activities, mobility and communication.
* A basic understanding of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Nursing and the role of a Therapy Assistant in supporting the rehabilitation team.
* Able to demonstrate and use planning, organisational and time management skills to prioritise and organise client caseloads and competing time and workload demands.
* Able to use analytical and problem-solving skills in challenging situations.
* Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
* Effective verbal, telephone and written communication skills in English.
* Competent in the use of basic IT including MS Word, email and internet and has the ability to learn other IT skills as required, including mobile devices.
* Ability and willingness to be flexible in approach to work and to be responsive to changing demands of the service and clients.
* Able to recognise and respect different cultural, religious and personal experiences of colleagues and clients.
* Physically fit and able to undertake frequent therapeutic moving and handling of clients and equipment.
Experience
* Relevant significant experience working in a health, education or social care setting.
* Relevant significant experience working with adults and older people with a physical disability for at least one year.
* Experience of administrative work e.g. filing, typing.
Knowledge/Qualifications
* A levels, NVQ Level III or equivalent skills in relevant subjects e.g. biology, social care.
* Postural stability Instructor qualification.
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.
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