Job overview
Come and Join Us!
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Buckinghamshire Community Hospital - Waterside ward at Amersham Hospital as an Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Worker supporting the Therapy team implementing acute rehabilitation!
The post will suit an independent, motivated, hard working and enthusiastic person, who wishes to work as part of the dynamic, personalised care therapy team.
Main duties of the job
You will undertake therapy treatments and interventions on the Waterside ward and sometimes in a patient’s own home as identified by the Therapists to progress towards discharge home or to an alternative residence.
Previous experience of working in Therapy and having treated patients within a hospital or community environment with falls, orthopaedic, medical or neurological conditions is necessary.
Successful candidates will be fully trained for the requirements of the post and regular training, supervision and appraisal are provided.
Working for our organisation
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.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
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.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Level 3 GCSE or equivalent in English
2. Good level of education to GCSE standard. (at least 3 subjects)
Desirable criteria
3. NVQ level III in Health care
4. Manual Handling or First Aid qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience within a customer care (face to face) environment
6. Previous work in health care environment and experience of patients with neurological impairment.
7. Previous work experience in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
8. Able to accept and undertake responsibility for designated tasks.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
10. Able to work within a team setting
11. Able to undertake manual handling tasks
12. Demonstrate insight into the importance of maintaining a safe working environment
13. Ability to learn / ability to self initiate learning (evidence within the last 2 years)
14. Awareness of health & safety issues and policies.
15. Able to undertake manual handling tasks
16. Awareness of health and safety policies
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
17. Ability to work weekends
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.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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