Healthcare Assistant Therapist

6 days ago

Doncaster, Doncaster, United Kingdom Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

Role Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Children's Therapy Team as a Therapy Assistant Apprentice, working alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and therapy assistants to provide therapy for children and young people in various settings, including hospitals and community centers.

Main Responsibilities

  • Work alongside therapists to manage shared patient caseloads, completing joint assessments and documenting patient records.
  • Manage own patient caseload, prioritizing tasks and considering patient needs.
  • Develop strong communication and time management skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Document patient records accurately and efficiently, utilizing computer systems to access patient details and order equipment.

Working for Our Organisation

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a leading acute trust, serving a population of over 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and surrounding areas. Our services are based over three main hospital sites, employing over 6,000 colleagues.

Our Values

We strive to provide a supportive and inclusive work environment, where colleagues can develop their careers and thrive. We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Extensive learning opportunities
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
  • NHS Car Lease schemes and salary sacrifice schemes
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, and finance through external providers

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

  • 2 GCSEs grade 'C' or above, or equivalent, including English language and Maths
  • IT skills
  • Commitment to work towards completion of the Advanced Senior Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship over 27 months

Desirable Criteria

  • Nationally recognized training courses relevant to the post

Experience

Essential Criteria

  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Experience of working with children

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience working in acute, outpatient, or community settings
  • Experience of working as a Physiotherapy/OT Assistant
  • Experience working in a healthcare environment
  • Experience working in a multidisciplinary team

Interpersonal Skills

Essential Criteria

  • Good communication and listening skills, with an understanding of the needs of people with disabilities and their carers
  • Leadership skills, including empowerment of others
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Ability to take direction from others
  • Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear, accurate, and logical manner
  • Ability to reflect on own practice
  • Able to work as a team member
  • Flexible
  • Empathetic
  • Reliable

Organisational Skills

Essential Criteria

  • Ability to organize own workload and assist others to manage their caseloads
  • Time management skills
  • Delegation skills
  • Proactive problem-solving skills
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services
  • Ability to comprehend and work within Trust's policies to meet the differing needs of patients and carers, including Data Protection, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety
  • Ability to keep accurate and legible records

Other

Essential Criteria

  • Ability to undertake the physical requirements of the post
  • Full Driving Licence

Desirable Criteria

  • Access to own transport

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