Bank Therapy Support Worker

7 months ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for enthusiastic Bank therapy Support workers to work with patients attending Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital, as part of a supportive integrated therapy service.

The hours can be negotiated and can be weekdays or weekends.

We have a range of specialities, in medicine, stroke, respiratory, cardiac, elderly care to trauma and orthopaedics.

You will have an opportunity to work closely with multi-disciplinary teams on wards or clinics, providing comprehensive assessments and intervention.

The post holder will work as an integral member of the therapy team using the principles of both the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Professions in an integrated and client-centred way on In patient wards.

The post holder will implement assessments and treatment plans to promote independence through the use of occupation, exercise and physical modalities, taking into consideration a person’s affect and cognition.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS foundation trust operates on our two main sites in Cheltenham and Gloucester, and we're one of the largest NHS trusts in the country.

Our workforce of over 8,000 staff provide high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
1. To work as an integral member of the therapy team using the principles of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy in an integrated and client-centred way. The post holder will implement assessments and treatment plans to promote independence through the use of occupation, exercise and physical modalities, taking into consideration a person’s affect and cognition.

1. To implement and progress delegated treatment programmes using clinical reasoning skills to include the teaching of patients on functional exercise, the issuing and fitting of equipment and the practice of activities of daily living. It will also include assessing patients in the safe use of mobility aids, such as safety on the stairs and personal care.

1. To assess patients with non-complex mobility and occupational difficulties. To instruct and motivate patients in accordance with the therapy plan, in order to achieve goals set by the registered practitioner, monitoring the patient’s condition at all times.

1. To undertake specific unaccompanied work and organise own caseload comprising of patients with predictable and unpredictable conditions. To monitor and report back to the registered practitioner and/or other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), regarding progress and changes in the patient’s condition or deviation in the expected care pathway, to ensure safety, the achievement of agreed goals and planning safe discharge.

1. To use verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients/carers. This may include motivation, empowerment and education and will include patients/carers who may or may not have barriers to communication through cognitive or physical impairment e.g. dysphasia, deafness, blindness and depression.

1. To prepare the clinical area and the patient, for delivery of safe and effective treatments in a clean environment e.g. securing drips, drains, wounds and catheters. To maintain treatment and storage areas to ensure compliance with Health and Safety and Infection Control standards. To monitor and maintain stock levels of equipment and consumables to ensure smooth service delivery.

1. To participate in the weekend working rota at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and/or Cheltenham General Hospital following appropriate induction, training and assessment.

1. To participate in own continuing professional development (CPD), including supervision, appraisal, and training to ensure competency, service quality and meet the clinical governance agenda and organisational goals.

1. To undertake administrative tasks to support the therapy team and ensure the ongoing care and rehabilitation of the patient. To include making accurate and legible entries in the therapy and multidisciplinary patient records. To contribute to measuring the treatment outcomes and audit activity related to the service

1. To comply with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures e.g. Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Manual Handling, clinical equipment competency, risk management, Data Protection Acts and patient confidentiality at all times, ensuring the safe use of equipment and storage of materials.This will include demonstrating compliance with the terms of all safeguarding policies and processes relevant to the safeguarding of adults and children in the care of GHNHSFT and to undergo regular mandatory training concerned with safeguarding matters.

**1. COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS**:
To provide, receive and interpret routine information to and from the following to achieve effective patient care:

- Patients
- Families and carers
- Therapy team
- Multidisciplinary team
- Internal and external organisations
- Voluntary organisations
- Public

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