Senior Therapy Assistant

2 weeks ago


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

Senior Therapy Assistant - Permanent.

**Working Full time**: 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Therapy Assistant within our inpatient therapy team.

Our team provides therapy to medical and surgical patients at the Countess of Chester Hospital. You will be working in a fast-paced environment alongside an experienced therapy team in a variety of settings including, inpatient wards and patient’s homes. The role includes working closely with our Multidisciplinary team to ensure we achieve best patient care.

You will work collaboratively with the therapy team and the wards to advocate functional independence for the patients and work with them to achieve their goals to facilitate timely discharge from the hospital.

Effective 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, alongside experience of working as a therapy assistant. We offer a friendly and supportive environment for learning alongside in service training and opportunities to further develop your career.

This role would be suitable for an existing band 4 or a band 3 therapy assistant looking to expand their skills and progress in their career.

This post requires 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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