Band 4 Therapy Support Worker

7 months ago

Solihull, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
The Solihull Community Intermediate Care cover sites across Solihull as well as the patient's home. They provide therapy to those who are placed in discharge to assess beds/discharged home requiring further assessment and rehabilitation following a period of hospital admission as well as complex discharge planning needs. The role of a therapy support worker is to support the delivery of therapy services to patients within the intermediate care service. This involves working in a multi-disciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, and other Therapy Support Workers. As a Therapy Support Worker will work autonomously under the supervision of the qualified therapists. We are a friendly and forward-thinking team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy support workers, committed to the continued professional and career development of all staff. We provide team in service training and support with on-the-job training / competencies. The trust and team are committed to providing a 7-day therapy service. This role includes participation in a weekend cover rota and bank holidays.

It is essential to meet the travel requirements of the post as community-based role; a valid UK driving license and access to a car is essential. We encourage informal conversation /visit so please contact us if you would like to discuss this post. We look forward to hearing from you.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To use developed clinical skills to assist in rehabilitation of patients in community bed based or patients own homes.

To manage and prioritise own patient caseload delegated by the qualified therapist and work without direct supervision at times.

To be responsible for delegated aspects of clinical intervention and collection of relevant patients' information. To assist the registered therapist in the assessment of patients and provide feedback to the registered therapist regarding patient progress.

To independently conduct site visits to fit and deliver equipment and obtain necessary heights as requested by the qualified therapist.

In negotiation with the qualified therapist, to provide a range of therapeutic activities that instruct and guide the patient to achieve personal goals e.g., activities of daily living, rehabilitative activities, appropriate exercises, gait re-education and stairs assessments.

To instruct patients and carers by providing advice and guidance on a range of physical therapy and mobility activities, as part of own clinical work or as directed by a registered therapist.

To be responsible for the safe use of equipment and aids for patients, observing a personal duty of care in relation to all resources, equipment and assets encountered in the course of the work.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Sound basic education to GCSE or equivalent including English at grade C or above
- Able to demonstrate competence in maths and written and spoken English
- Educated to A level/NVQ 3 or equivalent (eg NVQ 2 or similar vocational qualification plus minimum of 2 years experience

**Desirable**:

- Evidence of recent education/personal development
- Care certificate or be willing to work towards

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
Relevant therapy / health / social care experience at a Band 4 level or equivalent
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience supporting

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