Therapy Assistant Practitioner
1 week ago
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 4
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum/pro rata
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our Women's and Pelvic Health Therapy Team. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality therapy care to patients admitted to our Trust's Women's and Pelvic Health services.
Main Responsibilities:- Provide timely assessments and interventions to delegated patients, supported by qualified therapy staff.
- Work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, including specialist nurses, therapists, consultants, ward nursing staff, community therapy services, discharge support teams, and dietitians.
- Assist the therapist in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients using a range of physical therapy techniques.
- Manage the treatment and rehabilitation of patients as delegated by the therapist, working without direct supervision and responsible for assessing patient progress and reporting back to the therapist.
- Treat patients individually or in a group without direct supervision or presence of a therapist.
- Undertake highly skilled support work, including initial interviews and functional screening.
- Assist/supervise with the moving and handling of complex, high-risk patients in preparation for/during treatment sessions according to patient risk assessment.
- Instruct patients and carers, providing direction and guidance on the treatment programme and progression, and guidance in health promotion.
- Encourage patients and their carers in an active approach to regaining and maintaining personal independence, requiring empathy, sensitivity, and good interpersonal skills.
- Use effective communication tools, verbal and non-verbal, to communicate treatment programmes to patients who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, blind, deaf, dysphasic, or who do not have English as a first language.
- Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings as the therapy representative, as delegated by the therapist, and participate in the clinical decision-making process.
- Make accurate records of patient contacts undertaken and keep monthly statistics as required, in line with Trust and service standards.
- Document in MDT records all treatment undertaken, patient progress, and treatment plans.
- Liaise with the therapist as necessary regarding patient care, highlighting any variations to expected outcomes from treatment programmes delivered.
- Liaise with Health and Social Care colleagues to gather/share individual patient information to promote care and discharge planning, and to feedback to the physiotherapists or occupational therapists information gathered.
- Attend and actively participate in in-service training as required.
- Attend mandatory training according to Trust schedules.
- Induct newly appointed members of the therapy team into the hospital environment, systems, processes, and routines.
- Assess for, measure, issue from stock, and teach the safe use of appliances and aids to patients, mobility aids.
- Work within Risk Assessments for moving and handling of individual patients, reassessing and recording changes, and referring any increased risk back to the therapist.
- Contribute to the development of patient care by attending relevant team, departmental, or other appropriate meetings and commenting on recommended changes to clinical care or service provision.
- Qualifications:
- Good general education
- Relevant QCF (NVQ) 3 in Therapy/relevant health-related area
- Knowledge & Experience:
- Knowledge of acute and community therapy and services/pathways
- Relevant experience within the acute setting
- Communicating with MDT, patients, families, and community partners
- Evidence of documenting and evidencing learning
- Skills:
- Keyboard and Microsoft IT skills
- Well-developed therapeutic handling skills
- Evidence of knowledge of Older Peoples care and/or Frailty and Emergency and Acute medicine
- Value-Based Question:
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
At Medway NHS Foundation Trust, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drive the Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies/procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
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