• Support clients to work towards and achieve their personal therapy rehabilitation goals.
• Works within the multidisciplinary team in a primary care setting including clients’ homes, residential homes and clinics.
• Assists and carries out delegated duties in line with provision of quality evidence-based practice to clients, which includes following agreed protocols to assist with implementing and progressing set therapeutic care plans and chronic disease management reviews with the aligned caseload.
• To work a variety of shift patterns which includes weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. Core working hours are 8-4pm and 1-9pm, 7 days a week.
• Responsible for implementing and supporting rehab plans written by Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Nurses.
• To involve clients and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programmes and encourage self-management where appropriate.
• Contributes to client goal planning sessions and shows initiative in areas where competent and as agreed by senior staff.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
• Shows good understanding of communicating in difficult circumstances with empathy and sensitivity in an understanding and factual way.
• To form professional relationships with clients and communicate condition related information to them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
• Monitors client’s progress, giving prompt feedback to family, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
• Manages own delegated caseload, duties and travel throughout Bedfordshire, reprioritising as necessary.
• Supports and works on behalf of, different health professionals within the Integrated Community Services.
• Undertakes training and works within agreed competencies providing therapyrelated care to clients delegated by registered nurses as required, including:
• Basic Wound care management
• Catheter Management
• Bowel and stoma care management
• Eye care
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Clinical Observations
• Medicines Support
• Assist and perform relevant diagnostic procedures as requested by appropriate clinicians.
• Identify relevant basic equipment and feedback to case holder with appropriate clinical reasoning.
• Deliver, fit and demonstrate basic equipment to client and appropriate others, ensuring client safety.
• Assists with or administers as required prescribed medication according to Trust policy
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