Therapy Assistant

2 weeks ago

Chester CH UL, United Kingdom Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust Full time £20,000 - £35,000 per year

Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Band 3 Therapy Assistant within our Vascular Therapy Team at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic Therapy Assistant to join our supportive team.

An individual who can integrate quickly into a team setting and will support in driving service provisions.

Good communication, time management, team working skills and the ability to work under pressure, are essential requirements to this post, as well as experience of working with adults in a care setting.

The post will involve working with patients, following their patient journey from hospital to home.

The role includes working closely with our Multidisciplinary Team to ensure we achieve Safe, Kind and Effective Care.

To support and assist therapists/nurses to undertake rehabilitation and implement care plans to a designated caseload.

Provide a high quality, effective therapy service to inpatients, outpatients, outreach and community clients.

Provide treatment interventions to patients with diverse clinical presentation as indicated by a qualified therapist.

Report to a qualified therapist and Team Leaders.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds

Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility

Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.​​

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

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