Therapy Assistant

5 months ago


Norwich, United Kingdom Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Full time

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the first Community Trust to be awarded “Outstanding” in a recent CQC inspection? Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are an integrated NHS and social care Trust offering opportunities for a band 3 Therapy Assistant.

We would welcome applicants with a “can do” attitude who reflect the values (compassion, creativity and community) and behaviours of the organisation.

We are keen to enable our patients to achieve optimum function and independence and quality of life. You will play a key part in this along with your nursing and therapy colleagues. To assist you with this you will receive support and development through in service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

You must be self-motivated, able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills and have good communication skills.

The post will be based on Alder Ward in Norwich. You will work as a member of the therapy team on the ward where you will support the registered Physiotherapists/Occupational Therapists and Band 4 Assistant Practitioner. Your main duties will involve reviewing mobility, transfers, personal activities of daily living and exercise programmes as appropriate. You will be responsible for feeding back details of each patients progress to other members of the therapy team.

NCHC have electronic patient records and there is an expectation that you using a computer to enable you to work with your patients and record their care during the clinical consultation where appropriate. You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.

Engage with mobile working

Engage with SystmOne

Engage with Discharge to assess processes

To be aware of the demand and capacity model which will reflect workload needs at any given time

Work in a flexible manner



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