Band 3 Therapy Assistant

2 weeks ago


Chester, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Working Full Time**: 37.5 Hours Per Week

Are you looking for new challenge? Would you like to enhance your skills in post-operative Orthopaedic rehabilitation? This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Rehab Assistant within our Orthopaedic therapy teams at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust.

Our teams provide therapy to a range of specialities including orthopaedics, frailty, medical and respiratory services at the Countess of Chester hospital. You will be working alongside an experienced therapy team within the inpatient Orthopaedic Therapy service, which includes both trauma and elective wards. The role includes working closely with our Multidisciplinary team to ensure we achieve best patient care.

Good communication, adaptability and team working skills are essential for this post. Experience of working with adults in a care setting is essential for the role. We offer a friendly and supportive environment for learning.

As part of the Therapies and Integrated Community Care Division we have a Practice Development Therapist who supports the department with learning and development activities. We offer an apprenticeship programme as part of our staff career pathway, offering a supportive and nurturing environment for our unregistered staff with an interest and passion to progress towards becoming a registered health professional.

The post is varied, and the post holder will need be able to work under their own initiative with supervision from the therapy team. Main duties of the job include t o provide support to the therapists in the assessment and treatment of patients and to implement prescribed therapy programmes.

You will be a positive individual with a can-do attitude who can learn and adapt quickly and is flexible.

Effective communication with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants should always have a professional and pleasant manner and be enthusiastic about the service provided by the Inpatient Frailty Therapy Team.

Comprehensive training will be provided for all aspects of the work expected by the post holder.

This post attracts an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.

You will be expected to work weekends and Bank holidays on a rota basis.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
**The Countess of Chester Hospital**: providing 438 general and acute beds

**Ellesmere Port Hospital**: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility

**Tarporley War Memorial Hospital**: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.



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