Main Purpose
Provides assistance to professional and clinical staff with the planning, implementation, and evaluation of therapy and care plans in order to support the mental, emotional, physical, and social well-being of assigned clients.
Key Accountabilities
1. Supports senior staff as part of the care and therapy planning process, assisting with tests, exercises, and examinations as directed.
2. Assists trained staff with the preparation, planning, and delivery of group and one-to-one occupational, therapeutic, and recreational activities; observing, recording, and reporting patient responses to the assigned clinician as appropriate. All clinical work to be observed or monitored.
3. Assists with the reception, orientation, and induction of new patients ensuring they are comfortable and familiar with the environment and to impart essential information regarding emergency procedures.
4. Ensures the effective, timely, and accurate updating of clinical records, case files, and computerized information systems as directed while responding to routine enquiries and standard requests for information in accordance with policies and procedures.
5. Contributes to surveys, audits, and clinical research projects assisting with the collection, analysis, and presentation of data and information as directed.
6. Assists and supports regional management in developing and implementing new services.
7. Supports the Therapy Manager in successfully meeting the unit objectives, also increasing the quality of service, to attract potential new service users.
Knowledge & Skills
* The role holder will require GCSE / O-Levels (A-C) or a relevant NVQ2.
* Previous experience gained within a relevant healthcare environment.
* The majority of tasks and activities are routine. More complex tasks, interventions or activities will be directed or supervised by a senior member of staff. The role holder is responsible for addressing routine incidents and issues referring more unusual occurrences to senior staff.
* The role holder has some flexibility in altering the sequence of routine tasks and a creative approach is required when facilitating therapy sessions where they are encouraged to contribute ideas and suggestions, which lead to improvements in exercises and activities.
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