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
Duties and responsibilities:
1.To gather and collate relevant patient information to support assessment and treatment.
·Obtain biographical and clinical information from sources such as electronic patient records.
·Take a simple case history.
·Explore external sources of information related to the patient.
2.To contribute to the assessment process and provide feedback to the therapist.
3.To implement therapy programmes safely and effectively under the guidance of the therapist.
·Deliver individual and group therapy programmes and provide feedback to the therapist.
·Carry out treatment programmes using delegated exercises, techniques, and strategies.
·Monitor patient progress, make appropriate adjustments within agreed limits, and keep the therapist informed.
·Assess and manage clinical risk within your own caseload, seeking guidance when needed.
·Carry out only those procedures for which you have received appropriate training and have been deemed competent.
4.To contribute to the evaluation and adaptation of therapy interventions.
·Provide objective analysis of therapy sessions.
·Use outcome measures to assess progress towards specific goals.
·Adapt treatment programmes based on outcome measurements.
5.To plan and prioritise workload effectively to support service delivery.
·Prioritise own workload under managerial supervision.
·Plan day-to-day tasks efficiently.
·Identify factors affecting prioritisation and support the overall prioritisation of the service.
6.To provide communication and wellbeing support to patients, carers, and professionals as part of the rehabilitation process.
·Help patients, carers, and other professionals understand the aims of care and its impact on wellbeing.
·Use effective listening skills to identify concerns, respond to questions and anxieties, and record and report relevant information to the therapist.
·Demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and strong interpersonal skills, particularly when working with individuals who have barriers to understanding.
7.To provide training and support to staff, carers, and patients.
·Deliver training sessions and problem-solving discussions for staff and carers.
·Develop rapport with patients to encourage interest and participation, assisting in the hand-over of specific programmes, techniques and strategies.
8.To participate in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) activities to support patient care.
·Work alongside the therapist within the MDT.
·Attend meetings under the guidance of the therapist and provide agreed contributions.
·Participate independently in MDT discussions, contributing to assessment, goal setting, and intervention plans, and provide feedback to the therapist.
9.To support audit and clinical governance activities.
·Participate in audit and clinical governance processes.
·Identify potential clinical governance risks, inform the therapist, and gather relevant information as directed.
10.To contribute to service development projects.
·Support project work and contribute to planning and implementation.
·Devise project plans in liaison with the lead therapist and provide evidence-based input aligned with the service’s clinical audit plan.
11.To maintain up-to-date patient records and complete all patient documentation in line with department standards
Please read job description for more information.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
1. 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
2. Good organisational skills Ability to work on own initiative & as part of a team
education
Essential criteria
3. 5 GCSE's at Grade C or equivalent including English language and Maths
Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’
There’s 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 bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
FURTHER INFORMATION
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**
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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.
If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.
ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching.