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Senior therapy assistant
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-SCO-CS095-24-A
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St James House
Town
Salford
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/05/2024 23:59

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Therapy Assistant / Therapy Technician

Band 3

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join our Integrated Stroke and Neuro-Rehab team as a Band 3 Senior Therapy Assistant / Therapy Technician. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic team of many professions, including a well established support workforce.

The work is varied and you will manage and prioritise your own caseload under the guidance of the registered practitioners to provide high quality support for the therapists and assist with the rehabilitation of patients working directly with the different professions. This will require a high level of communication skills, flexibility and a problem solving nature.

Location of intervention can be at the patients home, clinic or other community setting and thus ability to travel to different geographic locations either through use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs is required.

The role will be working with others or independently. You will also support our Team Administrators, as required, in processing referrals. 

We have a strong focus on staff well being and we support all to be able to bring their best to work each day. We are inspired to provide a consistently high level of quality service to our patients and are proud of what we achieve through our supportive team approach.

We offer bespoke training and opportunities to develop and be involved in team service development projects.

**previous applicants need not apply**

Main duties of the job

  • Responsible for a designated caseload, undertaking therapy programmes as identified within their role.
  • With support, have excellent time management and communication skills to prioritise and balance clinical, patient related and service demands.
  • Contribute to multi disciplinary team meetings
  • Adopt an MDT approach in the management of the patient
  • Actively manage support workforce waiting list.
  • Contribute to student education and newly registered staff.
  • Basic IT skills to manage own admin requirements and support Team Administrators as required.
  • Develop links with Salford voluntary organisations to complement our intervention

We have the NCA recognised Green CAAS, we adopt a Quality Improvement approach and involve all levels of staff in our development projects. Your voice matter to us.

The Trust is committed to provide CPD and learning opportunities including in service training and a robust clinical and peer supervision framework.  

We have a Well Being working group within our service as well as access to the wider NCA SCARF strategy.

**previous applicants need not apply**

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 5 GCSE's grade C or above including Maths and English, or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Care Certificate or equivalent

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with the public in a face to face role
  • Experience of working in a team
  • Able to demonstrate working independently on a task
  • Able to competently use IT systems e.g email, microsoft word, powerpoint
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a health care setting in a face to face role
  • Experience of working in a role with patients that requires meeting their physical and emotional needs
  • Experience of using health care IT systems

Working in a community setting

Essential criteria
  • Ability to cover the geographical footprint e.g. car user

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerInclusive Top 50 LogoStep into health

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michelle Aspinall
Job title
Operational Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 2062352
Additional information

Caroline Crosswell, Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

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