Overview
Band 3Main area Therapies Grade Band 3 Contract 0 days (Bank) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank) Job ref 343-7480063-AHP-DNM Site Epsom Community Team Town Epsom Salary£16.41 - £27.73 Bank rates dependant on shift patterns Salary period Hourly Closing 26/09/2025 23:59
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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Our ambition is to provide an outstanding level of care to our patients and communities. Above all we value respect. This means everyone at the Trust whether a member of staff, a patient or their loved ones can expect to be treated with respect, whatever their role or background. This ensures kind, positive, professional teamwork, delivering great care to every patient, every day. By choosing to work here, you also choose to value and role model respect. This means having respect for the Trust and your roles and responsibilities, as well as colleagues, patients and anyone who interacts with the Trust.
Main duties of the job
To provide rehabilitation support services.
To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in the Community. Treatment may occur in the department, patients home or other appropriate setting. Treatment may be provided for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech and Language Therapy.
To carry own patient caseload, assessing and treating routine patients within guidelines agreed by the treating therapist. Monitor progress and make minor alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.
Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing the treating therapist of any problems. Receiving guidance and advice on an almost daily basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To gather information prior to seeing client and provide feedback to the therapist. This includes obtaining biographical information from medical notes or computer records.
* To take a simple case history and explore other sources of external information relating to patients.
* To contribute to the assessment process and provide feedback to the therapist.
* To carry out mobility and transfer assessments for specific equipment as requested by therapy or nursing staff and report back to the qualified member of the team regarding the need for further input.
* To implement therapy programmes/approaches, both on an individual basis and for groups, and provide feedback to the therapist.
* To carry out programmes devised by the therapist using delegated exercises and manual physical therapy techniques.
* To work jointly with clinicians in cases which are complex and may require physical moving and handling as part of rehabilitation.
* To plan patient treatment programmes for the approval of the therapist and implement them.
* To monitor progress and implement changes as appropriate, keeping the therapist informed.
* To undertake support work alongside the therapist for highly dependent patients with complex needs.
* To be responsible for assessing and managing clinical risk in relation to your own caseload, seeking guidance and help from the therapist as appropriate.
* Will not attempt any procedure without appropriate training and deemed competent to carry out specific instructions.
* To contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic interventions, including discharge planning.
* To contribute objectively and comment on observed therapy intervention, using an outcome measurement for a specific goal.
* To adapt the treatment programme according to the outcome measurements.
* To prioritise workload, following managerial supervision and to plan day-to-day workload.
* To identify factors involved in prioritisation and contribute to discussion about long term prioritisation of work.
Person Specification
Skills Essential Criteria
* Experience of working with the public in a variety of settings and able to demonstrate good customer care. Experience of working in a health care setting, with skills and experience in rehabilitation of patients, general mobility skills and communication. Good verbal and written communication skills.
Desirable criteria
* Good organisational skills. Ability to work on own initiative & as part of a team.
Education
Essential criteria
* 5 GCSEs at Grade C or equivalent including English language and Maths.
Our mission
Our mission: to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.
Theres never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors. We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you’re attracted to the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
Further information
FURTHER INFORMATION
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