Healthcare Therapy Assistant

6 months ago

AshtonUnderLyne, United Kingdom Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Health Care Therapy Assistant
Band 2 - Permanent - 36 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and adaptable Band 2 Health Care Therapy Assistant to join the team at the Stamford Unit. The Stamford Unit Intermediate Centre comprises of 96 beds which are located on the Tameside Hospital site in Ashton-under-Lyne.

You will work unsupervised or distantly supervised by experienced Nurses and Therapists to provide care and support with activities of daily living whilst incorporating rehabilitation to optimise the independence of the patients.

The unit offers a multidisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation of patients who have a wide range of medical conditions and different levels of need. The focus is to offer excellent care and rehabilitation in preparation for returning home safely.
If you are committed to excellent patient centred care in a busy environment and are enthusiastic about working as part of a multidisciplinary team building new skills and competencies, then this could be the role for you.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety

Care

Respect

Communication

Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

**SECTION 1- MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: CLINICAL**:
Assist the nursing and/or therapy staff in the rehabilitation of patients using a range of delegated skills.

Provide care and therapy in line with activities of daily living to individual patients with or without the direct supervision or presence of nursing and/or therapy staff. Maintain high standards of personal contact and communication whilst providing care and therapy.

Contribute to rehabilitation activities with patients individually or in groups.

Encourage each patient and their carer in an active approach to regaining and maintaining personal independence. This requires empathy, sensitivity and good interpersonal skills.

Document any observations made with regard to care and therapy delivered in the patients notes in a legible, accurate and appropriate manner, with due consideration for confidentiality.

Liaise with nursing and/or therapy staff as necessary regarding patient care and rehabilitation. In particular highlighting any variations to expected outcomes from care plans.

Assess, measure and instruct use of walking aids/functional aids. To effectively administer and record provision of any aids provided to patients.

Contribute to development of patient care and therapy by attending staff handover meetings, safety huddles, board rounds and team meetings as required.

Assist therapists when attending home environmental assessments and patient home visits.

Support a patient case load as delegated by the nursing and/or therapy staff on a daily basis.

Ensure daily communication with the nursing and/or therapy staff regarding general wellbeing/appearance of patients and their progress with rehabilitation goals.

Maintain high standards of housekeeping and follow infection prevention and control guidelines.

Participate in basic pressure area care, demonstrating and awareness of basic measures / safe use of aids etc.

Assist with and actively participate in bathing and personal hygiene of patients, including mouth care, hair and nail care, whilst at all times considering the dignity of patients.

Support patients at meal times as required, including the provision of therapeutic diets, fluids and nutritional supplements recording intake if required.

Support patients with toileting and provide bedpans/urinals as indicated in their care and therapy plans. Collect specimens as required charting fluids output as directed.

Contribute to the care of patients clothing / valuables in accordance with policy.

Assist in the performance of last offices.

**ADMINISTRATIVE/ORGANISATIONAL**:
Record observations and patient activity as required.

Contribute to clinical audit as required.

Clean therapy equipment regularly in line with infection prevention and control measures. Report any suspected damage of equipment to nursing and /or therapy staff.

Be responsible for the daily auditing of the resuscitation trolley

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