Senior Therapy Assistant

3 weeks ago

Bedford, United Kingdom Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you forward thinking, proactive and ready for the challenge an acute hospital brings?

If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to work as a Band 3 Senior Therapy Assistant within the Neuro/Medical team here at Bedford Hospital.

The Senior therapy assistants support, assess, and treat patients to facilitate their recovery in hospital to promote a transition back into the community.

The Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams specialise in complex assessment and discharge planning throughout the hospital.

As a Senior Therapy Assistant, you will work as part of the larger MDT in order help to cover the wards within the Bedford site. You will need to be able to work in an autonomous way to facilitate good communication and effectively link with multiple on site and external teams.

You will be able to assess, and if appropriate implement activities, treatments and exercises, liaising with families and the multidisciplinary team in order to achieve the common goal of facilitating a safe and effective discharge.

You will also be monitoring and adjusting treatments/interventions and reviewing patients on an ongoing basis.

High quality clinical supervision is provided for all our staff. You will be supported with your professional development and training by your team. We also offer robust training opportunities as part of the team and on a wider scale within Bedford Hospital.

This job role does require staff to participate in occasional weekend working on a rota basis. This service helps to improve the continuity of care for our patients as well as maintaining the flow of patients through the hospital service.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.
- To implement patient treatment working within established guidelines for defined client group.
- To assess and if appropriate implement activities, treatment and exercises in order to achieve the common goal of facilitating a safe and effective discharge.
- To order, deliver and fit Millbrook equipment, ensuring that equipment is safe prior to provision, as well as ensuring patients and carers are taught how to use appropriately. Independently monitor adjust and review intervention and treatments
- There will be administration duties within the department
- You will be on a weekend rota and provide therapy services to the acute setting on additional hours when required.

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