Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service based at Rayners Hedge in Aylesbury. As the Therapy Assistant you will be supporting the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy teams to provide client centred neurological rehabilitation.
This post will suit a motivated, hard working and enthusiastic person who wishes to work within a multidisciplinary team whose aim is to enable clients and their families to live a meaningful life alongside their neurological condition.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to assist qualified therapists in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of neurological rehabilitation programmes. You may work with clients within the clinical base, their home or within the community.
You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, work experience with people and/or within a therapy environment, excellent IT and a willingness to develop and grow into the role.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
1. Good general education
2. Current driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable criteria
3. Relevant NVQ, QCF, or RQF qualification
4. Exercise/anatomy/BTEC or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Expertise in relevant work e.g. work experience within rehabilitation/therapy/personal trainer
6. Experience of working with people
Desirable criteria
7. Healthcare experience
8. Desire to work within physiotherapy/occupational therapy.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Good IT skills
10. Excellent interpersonal skills
11. Ability to safely manage manual handling tasks.
12. Ability to assume responsibility for a delegated caseload of clients.
Desirable criteria
13. Knowledge of neurological conditions
14. Knowledge of healthcare
15. Ability to safely manage manual handling tasks
16. Ability to assume responsibility for a caseload of clients
17. Group working skills
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
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Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
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