Senior Therapy Assistant

5 months ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join our forward thinking and dynamic integrated Therapy Team, within the speciality of Acute Medicine at the The Royal Oldham hospital.

You will work within an integrated model of care to provide timely assessments, rehabilitation, and support with discharge planning for our patients.

You will gain experience of working in a busy and pro-active environment where evidence-based practice is embedded and joint working, service development and CDP is encouraged.

We are looking for individuals who work well as part of a team and can contribute to innovative ideas on clinical pathways and can help drive forward excellence.

You must be adaptable to working with a range of patients and working environments with a flexible approach to the delivery of care. This must include a willingness to adopt working patterns that include weekends and public/bank holidays which may form part of your contracted hours or may include working additional hours.

**Achievement of national Care Certificate / L2 Health related vocational qualification, or willingness to work towards is required for this role.**

**Main duties of the job**:
Within this role you will work as part of the Integrated Therapy team, in the speciality of Acute medicine.

You will provide assessments and interventions, for a delegated caseload of patients, with support and supervision of a qualified therapist, undertaking administrative and stock control duties as requested to support the Integrated therapy services

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Essential Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- 3 A-Levels or Health and Science T-Level or equivalent level 3qualification(s) and Functional Skills (level 2) Or - as a level 3 apprenticeship, such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship (or other level 3 qualification pathway)
- Achievement of national Care Certificate or willingness to work towards / L2 Health related vocational qualification

**Desirable criteria**:

- Or - as a level 3 apprenticeship, such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship (or other level 3 qualification pathway)

**Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience in health, therapeutic, rehabilitation and or social care setting.
- Ability to communicate effectively with people of all ages and abilities.
- Effective organisational skills.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, to motivate and enable and to be sensitive to diverse individual needs.
- Ability to manage own caseload and work without direct supervision
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently using own initiative.
- Good time management.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing needs of clients, team and service
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing needs of clients, team and service
- Ability to work safely and reliably in all settings
- Ability to carry out treatment programmes and follow senior staff/ registered practitioner instructions

**Desirable criteria**:

- Basic understanding of evidence based practice and up to date knowledge of relevant literature.
- Evidence of clinical skills competencies
- Evidence of therapy skills competencies
- Car driver
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organ



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