Would you like to join a team who values their staff, work closely as a team and want to ensure their patients have the best quality therapy provision we are able to provide. If so, this may be the role for you.
Adult Community Therapy are looking for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join their team which covers the Lincoln and Gainsborough area. This is a community job and therefore being able to travel is essential. There will be times when you are expected to travel outside of this area.
This fulfilling role will allow you to work with patients in their own homes or in care homes and provide therapeutic interventions as guided by our team of physiotherapists and occupational therapist. Working in this close knit team, you will have lots of support around you.
We are a service which provides a holistic, person-centred approach and truly listens to our patients' voices to ensure we suggest a treatment plan that is beneficial to them.
As a Trust we are keen to develop our staff and therefore can offer you training opportunities
This is a 7 day service so weekend and bank holiday working will be expected. Our service hours are 8am until 6pm, apart from weekends when we work 9am until 5pm.
Please note this position will not commence before June 2025
Within this role, you will be completing falls assessment on patients mostly in their own homes, identifying risks which may have made them fall or could cause a fall in the future. You will be exploring what remedial equipment or exercises could be prescribed to the patient and discussing this with your registered colleagues.
You could also complete exercise programmes with the patients on a regular basis to improve their strength, balance and engagement in daily activities. This rewarding part of the job will see patients regaining their independence and participating in their meaningful tasks.
We have transitional care beds which we manage through our service and this role will include seeing patients in these establishments and completing activities, exercises and falls assessments with them and supporting them to build their independence to a level where they can return home.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
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• Provide rehabilitation as instructed by a registered therapist either in the community or transitional care bed setting
• Complete falls assessments and, alongside registered therapist, analyse results and suggest treatment plan
• Support with the provision of equipment with the guidance of a registered therapist
• Deliver a therapy programme as agreed by a registered therapist
• Use your personal effectiveness and knowledge to participate in team activities
• Communicate to a high level with patients, carers, health professionals and other services
• Participate clinical supervision and training
• Work towards role specific competencies
• Work closely within a multi-disciplinary team to promote independence
This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025