Job overview
An exciting B4 post is available within our dynamic and friendly CBACS team.
This is a chance to work within a highly specialist and pioneering service. You will have opportunity to work alongside qualified staff and independently to gain specialist clinical skills working with client’s who have spinal pathology requiring management in a spinal orthosis.
The post-holder will be delivering clinical and non- clinical care working in the acute inpatient areas across both BHRUT sites outpatient and community settings. The service seeks to provide customised care to client’s who require spinal orthosis management.
The role includes spinal navigation, manual handling guidance and acute rehab alongside ward colleagues; also, provision of outreach to other organisations as well as assisting orthotics with inpatients, outpatient clinics and in the community. The post-holder will support the qualified therapists in their Physiotherapy role, whilst contributing to the education of the multidisciplinary team and other individuals associated with patient care.
Within BHRUT, aside from our regional neurosciences unit, we are proud to boast our Cancer centre and hyper-acute Stroke unit.
If you want an opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop whilst being valued and supported then apply today.
Main duties of the job
• To provide skilled routine and some non-routine, clinical and non-clinical support within CBACS as led by Band 8a Therapist and CBACS team. To provide appropriate cover to service in absence of qualified staff.
• To provide collar and brace aftercare to patients including skin care, hygiene and pad changes within clinic, community, and ward settings, in addition to hair washing and shaving to ensure patient remains compliant with the collar use.
• To liaise with medical professionals for clarification of medical information provided to aid efficient discharge planning and attend neuro surgical appointments/MDT to ensure patient’s full needs are met and that the patient and family fully understand all that’s been explained.
• To Liaise and incorporate family members into the care of patients.
• To work with patients allocated within CBACS and treat according to specific protocols and guidelines, monitoring patient progress and reporting back to the team. To liaise with medical professionals for clarification of medical information provided to aid efficient discharge planning.
• To work closely on a daily basis with the CBACS Senior Therapist for most interventions, but to take on independent tasks as delegated, working within service protocols: eg. leading the brace-care pathway including demonstrations of braces to care agencies and family members. Mostly this will be delivered within the clinic and community, but also involves ward work.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the.
We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Good standard of general education, to G.C.S.E. level or equivalent
Expereince / Knowledge
Essential criteria
2. Experience of clinical work within a health, social care or relevant educational role
Desirable criteria
3. Experience as Therapy Assistant or similar.
Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
4. Ability to communicate information (verbal, non-verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
Desirable criteria
5. Clerical skills inc computer skills to ECDL level or equivalent, or the ability to work towards ECDL
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.