Senior Therapy Assistant

1 week ago

Huntingdon, United Kingdom North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full time Band 3 Senior Therapy Assistant to join the Inpatient therapy Team at Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be motivated, organised and able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team. The role involves;
- Supporting patients mobility and transfers
- Assisting the therapists and wider MDT with discharge planning
- Completing functional tasks delegated by the therapists to support the patient in returning to their previous level of function.
- Administrative duties
- Assisting on visits to patients homes to assess their discharge needs.

In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role as well as the use of protected CPD time to progress skills and knowledge. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust
- To support patients, their families and carers to maximise their participation in the attainment of their rehabilitation goals by following treatment programmes developed and provided by the Allied Health Professionals (AHP) involved
- To work as a supervised member of the multidisciplinary team, maintaining good communication with the AHPs, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team e.g. doctors, nurses and social workers to try to achieve the Predicted Date of Discharge (PDD).

Working for your organisation

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust. Talk to the Recruiting Manager about what this means in practice for you.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays

Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year

In-house Physiotherapy Services

Career development and training opportunities

Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services

Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants

Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia

Following the introduction of our Agile and Flexible working policy we will be adding the following wording to all our adverts.

For more detailed information about the duties of this post, please refer to the job description attached to the advert.

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