Higher Therapy Support Worker- Early Supported

6 months ago

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Full time

We are looking for a highly motivated Band 3 Therapy Support Worker to join our Stroke, Rehabilitation and Early Supported Discharge Team at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

We are looking for someone who has previous Band 2 or above Therapy Support Worker experience in either physiotherapy and/ or occupational therapy teams. The post holder needs to be flexible, have good time management skills, IT skills, and work well in a team as well as independently.

The post is within the Early Supported Discharge Team, for 22.5hours a week. The working pattern can be discussed at interview.

You will be able to carry your own caseload completing assessments of patient's function, deliver rehabilitation and participate in discharge planning with guidance from qualified Therapists.

You will be able to carry your own caseload completing assessments of patient's function, deliver rehabilitation and participate in discharge planning with guidance from qualified Therapists.

Therapy will be delivered in the patient's home setting either alone or with a colleague if required. There will also be administrative tasks to perform, such as (but not exclusive to) patient phone calls, equipment ordering and deliver/fitting, filing, car booking and diary planning to facilitate the team.

The Higher Therapy Support workers and Assistant Practitioners in our Inpatient and ESD team work between the physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language teams. If required, the successful post holder will be offered training to develop speech and language therapy competencies.

We are delighted to be able to offer patients who have had a stroke the opportunity of assessment and treatment over the weekend and Bank Holidays and this post holder would be expected to participate in the 7-day working rota for this. This is currently within the Stroke inpatient wards at Princess Royal Hospital Telford.

The Stroke Early Supported Discharge team is based in Shrewsbury and the acute stroke service is based at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. The team is line managed by the same therapy team managers.

We are a friendly, forward thinking team working in a fast paced rewarding environment. High quality patient care is at the core of our decision making and we are enthusiastic about welcoming new ideas and staff development.

The team have a robust supervision structure and a strong drive for personal and professional development across all bands and roles facilitating events within the team, department, Trust and externally to ensure the best possible care is delivered to patients.

Within Therapies we have a strong culture of professional leadership and support. Each profession has a head of profession leading on delivering local, regional and national professional strategy. This includes AHP’s into action, job planning, electronic rostering, electronic data capture, quality improvement strategy, and representation at internal and external meetings raising the profile of Therapies at all times.

We look forward to meeting you at interview and exploring all the opportunities you will gain by joining us in this exciting and essential role.

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for further details of the position.

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