Overview
As a Senior Therapy Assistant, you'll support senior members of the team to assess and care for patients, deliver therapy sessions, strength exercises and treatments, and help to assist and move patients. Following a period of training, you will take on your own caseload of patients under the supervision of qualified therapists, contributing more to care, treatment, and discharge planning. You'll also work with community services and other partners to ensure patients have the care, equipment and support they need to return home as soon as possible. You'll be a key member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), attending handovers, supporting students and new starters, and carrying out a range of admin tasks to help keep the team running smoothly.
We provide excellent in-service training to support staff develop clinical and leadership skills. There\'s also the chance to get involved in service improvement, new innovations and much more.
We\'re proud to be a friendly, caring, and supportive team, who help each other to manage caseloads, deliver the best for our patients, and enjoy catching up over a social lunch, and the odd bake-off.
This is a highly rewarding role and will suit someone who wants to make a difference to others and is interested in therapy care.
Responsibilities
* Support senior team members to assess and care for patients, deliver therapy sessions, strength exercises and treatments, and assist with patient movement.
* After training, manage your own caseload under supervision of qualified therapists, contributing to care, treatment and discharge planning.
* Collaborate with community services and other partners to ensure patients receive necessary care, equipment and support to return home promptly.
* Be a key member of the MDT, attend handovers, support students and new starters, and perform a range of admin tasks to help the team run smoothly.
* Engage in in-service training to develop clinical and leadership skills and participate in service improvement and innovation initiatives.
* Contribute to a positive team culture, support colleagues, and participate in social activities as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Further career development opportunities such as Band 4 Assistant Practitioners and Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy apprenticeships are offered. Whilst they are emerging roles within Acute Therapy Services, experience gained in this role along with the appropriate qualifications are a great foundation to make the next step when an opening becomes available.
The team works seven days a week, and you\'ll be expected to help support weekend and bank holiday cover if required with a day off the following week.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government\'s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
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We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we\'ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
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