We are looking for talented and dynamic Therapy Assistant to join the Hounslow Falls Prevention and Bone Health Service. The service aims to enable people to work towards self‑management and enable understanding of health and functional factors that could contribute to falls. You would be joining the team at an exciting time as we work in partnership with Borough colleagues to enhance links between clinical and community services aimed at enabling the population of Hounslow to live well and reduce their risk of falls now and in the future. You will be working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics and Nursing, with patients and their carers to offer a range of multi‑disciplinary interventions following a multifactorial falls risk assessment. You may also work closely with colleagues in the acute Falls/Frailty clinic, community Stay Steady and Active services and the local authority. You will receive support, supervision and training to fulfil this role in its entirety. The service is delivered through multiple site clinics and home visits. The post holder will work flexibly and be mobile across the Hounslow Borough and in hospital settings. You may be required to work some weekends to maximise patient access to the service.
* Provide holistic, multifactorial falls interventions for clients who are at risk of, or worried about falling.
* Independently manage a caseload without direct supervision and to be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk.
* Provide high quality comprehensive clinical interventions based in best practice and within level of competence.
* Participate in pathway design and promotion of the service to encourage new sources and routes of referral to optimise the scope and impact of the service.
* Assist the team leader in the provision of the service as necessary and report to senior Occupational therapist or physiotherapist.
* Comply with ethics and relevant national and local policies and procedures.
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