Therapy Assistant

1 week ago

Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job summary

Band 3 Therapy Assistant Wheelchair Services


We are pleased to have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, forward thinking and dynamic individual to be part of our experienced team at Northumbria Wheelchair Service.

Northumbria Wheelchair Service provides comprehensive care for adults and children with diverse physical needs. Our team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists focus postural assessment and work closely with families and the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team. Our range of wheelchairs, from standard to complex are tailored to individual needs. Our goal is to support adults and children in achieving optimal mobility, posture, and overall well-being.


A driving licence, access to a car and business insurance is essential for this post (reasonable adjustments will be considered).

The post holder will work closely with OT, Physio and Technical Instructor supporting service users with their wheelchair provision. The role of the Therapy Assistant is to support the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team in delivering their interventions.

The work is varied and will involve working in a clinic environment, schools, home, care, and hospital settings, the role will also involve admin and stock control.


We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.

High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us.

We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.


Please see attached for the job description document for this post for further details in regards to the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as part of a team in a health or social care setting or similar.
Desirable

  • Previous experience working with and adults and/ or children with complex needs
  • Experience of working with equipment

Skills:

Essential

  • Good communication and organisational skills
  • Competent IT skills the post holder will use electronic records daily
  • Good verbal and written command of English language
  • Ability to plan and organise own and delegated workload and work under pressure in a busy environment in a professional manner
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understands the limits of the job role. Has the ability to recognise situations that require reporting and demonstrates the ability to escalate to a senior person when appropriate

Qualifications:

Essential

  • Level 3 qualification in health and social care or demonstration of equivalent qualification, skills or experience.
OtherEssential

  • Car owner/Driver (reasonable adjustments will be considered)

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