Band 4 Senior Therapy Assistant

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Senior Therapy Assistants to join the Therapy Services team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. We currently have two vacancies across Health care for Older People and Neurosciences.

The ability to work as part of a team is essential to this post, as well as to be able to work to an assigned caseload independently.

See Job description and Person Spec for further details

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
The role of the Senior Therapy Assistant is to provide skilled support as part of the therapy service, assisting registered therapy staff to provide an effective and efficient patience centred service. The post holder will have a delegated caseload to work with and will work within agreed treatment plans, protocols and policies without direct supervision.

The post holder will work closely with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to support the flow of patients through the hospital. There will be a strong focus on the rehabilitation of patients so they can be discharged home, or referred to other discharge destinations; this is done through optimising their physical and cognitive abilities while in hospital.

To understand the process of delegation of duties by a registered Therapist and the importance of maintaining competence in order to carry out delegated tasks.

There are three posts available within: Health care for Older People and Neurosciences.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

**Job description**:
*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Good level of written and spoken English (at least GCSE or equivalent)

Evidence of personal development related to healthcare.

NVQ3 in related health field e.g.Mobility/exercise/equipment or BTec - or evidence of working towards.

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
Significant experience as a Therapy Assistant (Helper under supervision) within an inpatient setting.

Able to work independently with guidance.

A knowledge of the aims and principles of occupational therapy/physiotherapy.

An understanding of the implications of illness and disability.

Experience of working within an NHS environment.

An understanding of safe provision and use of patient equipment in this area.

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