Main area Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract Fixed term: 23 months (23 months from contract start date)
Hours Part time - 17.5 hours per week
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Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Alder Hey Childrens Hospital
Town Liverpool
Salary £24,071 - £25,674 Pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 14/02/2025 23:59
Therapy Assistant for Acute Therapies
NHS AfC: Band 3
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at various locations. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to medical and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The acute therapy service delivers a comprehensive therapy service to children with a wide range of conditions across inpatients and outpatients, utilizing a variety of interventions. This post will support the running of the acute therapy service primarily through the completion of relevant administrative tasks and assisting with clinical duties as required.
The post holder will be an integral member of the Therapy team, assisting in the delivery, management, and treatment of children referred to the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy service.
The post holder will undertake a range of administrative and clerical duties, under the direction of the Head of Service and will be required to work flexibly to ensure the needs of the service are met.
Main duties of the job
Main duties will include: stock management, ordering, assisting in the delivery of therapy activities both on a 1:1 and group basis, assisting in the recording of data, and responding to queries.
The staff member will have direct patient contact and will liaise with patients and their carers via phone and face to face. They will update parents regarding clinic appointments/cancellations/amendments and will be required to liaise with internal staff and external institutions.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our state-of-the-art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation, and oncology. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To be an integral member of the Therapy teams, assisting in the delivery, management, and treatment of children referred to the service.
• The post holder will be responsible for supporting the clinical teams with non-clinical activities including but not limited to patient administration, stock review, and ordering.
• To support in the sending out of therapy programmes, equipment, and reports to local services and families.
• To participate in the delivery of assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, aqua therapy, and exercise, planned and agreed with the therapist.
• To assist with recording of statistics and development of audits of the therapy service. Contribute to and maintain therapy database, under the guidance of Therapy staff.
• To process referrals and prepare records as required.
• Supporting clinical teams across in and outpatients, providing children with health and wellbeing advice.
• To monitor and maintain condition and cleaning of equipment, in accordance with departmental policies.
• To monitor levels of equipment and order as required, ensuring that stocks are maintained and stored appropriately.
Person specification
* Relevant experience of working with children
* Demonstrates knowledge of the role applied for
* Previous experience of working in administration or as a therapy assistant
* Completion of relevant training courses
* Previous experience in a health or social care setting
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying, and harassment.
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