Senior Therapy Assistant

3 weeks ago


Wigan, United Kingdom Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you want to work at the North West's leading specialist orthopaedic hospital?

Do you want to help patients recover from surgery and reach their full potential?

We are looking for an enthusiastic Therapy Assistant who would like to join our Elective Orthopaedic In-patient team at Wrightington Hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members to deliver high quality care throughout the inpatient therapy pathway.

You will be given the opportunity to learn and develop with support from highly qualified and experienced colleagues. There is also the possibility of some cross site working on the trauma ward at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.

The post is for 37.5 hours per week and would be worked Monday to Friday with a weekend working rota.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which may include those that are designated as positive, asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.

Evidence of qualifications will be requested at interview.
- Have varied duties (both clinical and non-clinical) and will be involved directly in the immediate assessment, care and treatment of patients following orthopaedic surgery. This will be under the supervision of qualified therapists.
- Support with the daily running of our Therapy Education Service.
- Have excellent communication skills when treating patients both face to face and via telephone.
- Have knowledge and understand of the types of Therapy interventions carried out for elective orthopaedic patients
- Have a caring and considerate manner, which is essential to the post.
- Be expected to have a good level of general education and basic computer literacy
- Be able to work comfortably in a faced paced ward environment
- Have previous experience of working in a Therapy or healthcare rehabilitation environment or relevant area.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
- To carry out a flexible patient centered programme of therapeutic activities under the direction of a Therapist
- To enable patients to achieve their treatment goals
- To keep accurate written records and statistics as required by the service
- To assist in departmental administration
- See job description for more detail



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