Job summary
- Main area
- Wheelchair Therapy Assistant
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Worked Monday to Friday 08:30 to 16:30)
- Job ref
- 844-7530176
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Catherine's Health Centre
- Town
- Birkenhead, Wirral
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per annum (pro rota)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Wheelchair Therapy Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Wheelchair Therapy Assistant to join our Wirral and West Cheshire Wheelchair Service.
We are looking for an experienced support worker, who has worked in the hospital and/ or community delivering care and support to people of all ages with a wide range of long term conditions/ disabilities, and is keen to develop their knowledge , skills further in the niche and rewarding area of wheelchairs.
Ideally you will have experience working as a therapy/ rehab assistant and have knowledge of wheelchairs; however, this is not essential providing you can demonstrate you are quick to learn and have transferable knowledge and skills. You must be compassionate, have good interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a highly motivated multi-disciplinary team providing assessments and wheelchairs to people of all ages with a wide range of conditions that have a permanent disability that requires them to use a wheelchair or associated equipment on a long-term basis.
This is primarily a patient facing role; however, you will be required to carry out a range of housekeeping duties, including the recycling of wheelchair cushions and accessories, and maintaining safe and efficient working environment.
You will see mainly see patients in a clinic setting, but you may need to assess/ review patients in their place of residence. In this respect you must have a valid driving licence for the UK and access to a car for work purposes.
You will work in both locations, Wirral Wheelchair Service, in Birkenhead, and West Cheshire Wheelchair Service, in Ellesmere Port, according to service need, and work the advertised hours.
Working for our organisation
We deliver NHS wheelchair services to adults and children living in Wirral and West Cheshire for Cheshire Merseyside Integrated Commissioning Board (ICB); and have nearly 8,000 wheelchair users with equipment on issue from our service. We pride ourselves in delivering excellent customer service and on-going clinical support to all our users, along with a comprehensive maintenance and repair service which is provided by an approved contractor.
We are a dynamic and friendly team who value our staff. We offer a range of support staff in new roles, a well-established supervision, and appraisal structure, and will provide you with the necessary training and support for you to develop the required competencies for the role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for more information regarding this exciting role
Person specification
Qualifications and professional training
Essential criteria
- Level 3 qualification in health and social care/ equivalent work based qualification/ NVQ Level 3 qualification OR significant equivalent relevant work based experience and achievement of competencies in a therapy/ rehab assistant role
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of additional training relevant to the role
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within health/ social care delivering patient care
- Experience working in the NHS
- Awareness of roles of members of MDT
- Experience of using electronic patient admin/ clinical systems
- Knowledge of safe working procedures
- Awareness of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as therapy/ rehab assistant
- Experience of working in a wheelchair service
- Knowledge of wheelchairs and postural management
- Knowledge of pressure ulcers
- Knowledge of long term conditions
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Good standard of written and verbal English
- Clear desire for the role
- Care, compassion and commitment to patients and their carers
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Keyboard/ computer skills
- Good organisational and management skills
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work to protocols
- Ability to use inititiative
- Ability to work as part of a team
- An understanding of accountability and when to seek help
- Be able to relate to people and empathise
- Willingness to learn/ take part in service development
- Manual dexterity and ability to manipulate tools to fit/ adjust wheelchairs
- Valid driving licence for the UK/ access to a vehicle for work purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Ball
- Job title
- Specialist Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 604 7261
- Additional information
If you would like to find out more about the post, please contact Jenny Young, Wheelchair Clinical Lead on 0151 604 7261 or email [email protected].
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