Rts Assistant

**Post Title**: Rehabilitation Therapy Services Assistant Department: Rehabilitation Therapy Service (RTS) HSS Responsible to: RTS Unit Supervisor Accountable to: Rehabilitation Therapy Service Manager Key Relationships: Service Users / Patients RTS and Health and Fitness Staff Occupational Therapists(OT) and OT Assistants Multidisciplinary Clinical Teams Security staff Grade: Band 3 Key Result Areas & Performance: The RTS Assistant will work as part of a team who offer patients creative/ vocational activates such as bike maintenance, woodwork, pottery and silver clay, gardening, picture framing, printing and publishing To ensure that the area /unit for which the post holder is responsible provides meaningful therapeutic activity to patients in admissions, high dependency and assertive rehabilitation wards To actively assist in running work ability sessions for patients and consider possible adaptations for different patients skill level, age, culture The post holder will be a resource for the team and actively engage in a minimum of 90% of patient sessions The post holder will regularly make accurate and professional notes in patients RiO patient electronic record The post hold will complete patient activity data after each session, 100% patient update reports are completed in a comprehensive and meaningful format recording patients achievements The post holder will take joint responsibility in complete the daily, weekly and quarterly environmental checks and all safety and security procedures are completed in an accurate and timely manner To check equipment used in activity is in good working order prior to use by staff or patients and any faults are reported to the manager.