Therapy Assistant Practitioner

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

We are looking for an experienced and caring person to work within our existing respiratory therapy team providing a high standard of care as part of the inpatient therapy service

Within the role you will provide clinical assessment and treatments under the supervision of qualified staff, prepare and maintain safe clinical areas and maintain stock levels, as well as provide administrative support to the physiotherapy and occupational therapy department.

You may be required to work within critical care, on the acute medical and surgical wards, providing therapy to clients in one to one treatments. You will also be responsible for assisting in the triaging, prioritisation, new patient assessments, and delivery of treatment and therapy programmes for this client group. You will need to become familiar with referral processes for community and other inpatient facilities.

Previous experience in a similar role is essential, whilst area specific training will be provided. Excellent Inter-personal skills are also essential as you will be required to liaise with clinicians, patients / carers and GPs, as appropriate

**The successful applicant will need to**:

- enjoy working in a team setting
- have excellent communication skills
- be flexible, adaptable and able to work with a wide range of people
- be hard working & conscientious
- To understand the psychological symptoms and conditions that can affect a person with chronic pain, trauma and illness.
- To be able to implement personalised treatment programmes
- To be able to work within a pressured and sometimes stressful environment

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

**We run major acute services at**:

- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.



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