Therapy Support Worker Stroke and Neurology

**Therapy Support Worker Stroke and Neurology**:
**NHS AfC: Band 3**:
**Main area**
- Therapy Support Worker Stroke and Neurology
- **Grade**
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- **Contract**
- Permanent: 2 x 0.6 WTE posts
- **Hours**
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-1469-A**Site**
- Camborne Redruth Community Hospital and Liskeard Hospital
- **Town**
- Redruth and Liskeard
- **Salary**
- £21,730 - £23,177 pro rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

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- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

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- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

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- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
We have an exciting opportunity for 2 Therapy Support Workers, 22.5 hours per week. One based at Camborne Redruth Community Hospital and one based at Liskeard and/or Bodmin area to join our Community Stroke and Neurology Rehabilitation Service. The service provides specialist assessment and rehabilitation for patients with a wide variety of acquired and progressive neurological conditions, including Stroke. This is a very friendly, enthusiastic, and dynamic team. You will be working with experienced occupational therapists and physiotherapists as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team who will give support, joint working, regular supervision, appraisal, in-service training and a real commitment to professional development.

If you have a passion for patient care and rehabilitation, wish to enhance your development in a proactive and supportive team, we really look forward to hearing from you and investing in your future.

**Main duties of the job**:

- To manage and prioritise own patient caseload including management of physical and functional rehabilitation of patients as delegated by the therapist.
- Support the therapists with joint sessions individually or in a group in a variety of settings including clinic, community and home environments.
- Deliver therapy intervention within the Stroke and Neurological Service within competency and capacity required.
- Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers, other services and the Stroke and Neurology Rehabilitation therapists and manager. This will include attending meetings, highlighting any problems and providing regular feedback of patient progress and any issues within service delivery.
- To make accurate records of work undertaken and keep statistics as required, including documenting patient contacts in line with COT, CSP and service standards.
- To keep up to date on professional issues by participating in In-Service Training and other training activities as agreed through the appraisal process.
- To participate actively in own staff development and review in order to identify personal development plans, training needs and completion of mandatory training
- To deliver care in a manner sensitive to individual’s needs and wishes, acknowledging and respecting their rights, i