Main area: Inpatient Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 225-DIV3-6698219-A
Employer: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: New Cross Hospital
Town: Wolverhampton
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/03/2025 23:59
Senior Support Worker
Band 3
Job overview
We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to support the Physiotherapy & Occupational Teams working across the acute inpatient areas. You must be able to demonstrate an empathetic and responsive approach to patients and be flexible in your approach to work.
There is a requirement to work on a 7 day rota to provide weekend & Bank Holiday services.
Main duties of the job
1. Carry out specialised programmes of care and related tasks/duties which have been pre-selected and appropriately delegated by a qualified member of staff.
2. Carry out assessments/therapeutic interventions that do not require specialist skills of a Physiotherapist/ Occupational Therapist, but demands greater skills, knowledge, experience and training than that of an Assistant.
3. Expected to report to the qualified members of the team for redirection and advice as necessary or as per protocols/guidelines.
4. Adequately structured specialist training will have been provided by appropriate qualified staff prior to undertaking these assignments, for which the assistant has been judged fully ‘competent’ to perform by a qualified member of staff.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services. We are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience in care, sports science equivalent
* Experience of Therapy support role
Qualifications
* Therapeutic qualification or sports science
NHS experience
* NHS experience
Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region, we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system. Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa Health Care Visa and Skilled worker visa Skilled worker visa.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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