Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Assistant
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 310-OPAC-6235618
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Intermediate Care Unit
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Practitioner (Therapy)
Band 4
Job overview
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
If you love to be challenged, then a role in our Intermediate Care Unit might be right for you. If you are looking for a dynamic role where you are able to showcase your high level of patient care, as well as your strong team work ethic, this is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate added value in a challenging environment.
You will need to have strong organisational skills, promoting personal growth and development. We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic, reliable staff who want to learn new skills and have a thirst for knowledge. If you are passionate about delivering a high-quality service to patients and relatives, then this position might be just right for you.
Main duties of the job
If you love to be challenged, then a role in our Intermediate Care Unit might be right for you. If you are looking for a dynamic role where you are able to showcase your high level of patient care, as well as your strong team work ethic, this is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate added value in a challenging environment.
You will need to have strong organisational skills, promoting personal growth and development. We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic, reliable staff who want to learn new skills and have a thirst for knowledge. If you are passionate about delivering a high-quality service to patients and relatives, then this position might be just right for you.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To work autonomously under the direction of a registered practitioner within the Intermediate Care Team.
- To use clinical judgement to evaluate patient progress, including the recording of objective and subjective measurements.
- To assess for, plan and implement and evaluate therapy interventions, such as exercise programmes (group or individual), provision of mobility aids, measuring and fitting adaptive equipment, minor and major adaptations.
- Promoting independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
- You will be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following relevant training, and that it is maintained appropriately contributing to maintaining a safe, comfortable, and dignified environment for all patients/clients and carers.
- To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g., hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems, and pain.
- You will establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with patients, carers, colleagues, and other health care professionals, identifying when to refer into other services as appropriate. This will enable you to assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge and experience, plus knowledge of specific patient conditions, forms of therapy acquired through training and experience
- Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework
- Good general education up to GCSE equivalent
- Evidence of relevant short course and in-service training
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3 Care Award (certificate & portfolio)
- Member of professional body, e.g. COT or CSP
- Chair based and OTAGO exercise training, or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience in rehabilitation/re-ablement or a therapy environment.
- Equipment provision
Desirable criteria
- Community experience
- Knowledge of falls prevention
- Minor and major adaptations
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Able to assess plan and implement care
- Support Integrated Care Workers.
- Time Management and prioritisation Skills.
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Good report writing
- Good communication skills
- Standard keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of clinical supervision
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria
- Accepts responsibility for own workload
- Understands the principles of confidentiality
- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates professional curiosity
- SystemOne
- Relevant outcome measures
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Travel around work base locality
- Move and manoeuvre people and equipment
- Manoeuvre patients using moving and handling aids
- Kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
Other
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
- Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
- Shows respect for others' feelings, views and circumstances
- In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down
- Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
- Positive appoach to older people
- Recognises peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jasmine Luckett
- Job title
- Clinical Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01733 847125
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