Therapy Assistant

Job summary

Urgent Community Response Service

Therapy Assistant Band 3

Base: Sleaford/ Lincoln/ however travel across county .

This is an exciting time to join the UCR Team as we evolve to meet the needs of patients in Lincolnshire. Do you have a passion for admission avoidance? Are you committed to delivering an outstanding service which is fast paced and reliable? Do you want to work with a team of caring and dedicated staff? If you answered yes to these questions, then we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a highly motivated and autonomous therapy assistant to be part of our UCR team. This service provides holistic assessments, treatment and support to patients in their usual place of residence who are experiencing a health or social care crisis who might otherwise be admitted to hospital or require ambulance call out. You will be part of a service in which care is provided by a multi-skilled team.

The UCR service is a fast paced, interdisciplinary community team aimed at preventing unnecessary admission to hospital by visiting patients in their own homes and assesses the patient's safety to remain out of the acute environment. Patients are aged over 18 and are likely to present with frailty, falls or health deterioration. The team ensure the patient is supported out of hospital for a minimum 48 hour period and ensure transferred to appropriate services on discharge.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in supporting the UCR team in delivering high quality patient centred care to support individuals to remain safely at home. You will be working with a full multidisciplinary team of ACPs, physiotherapists, nurses, paramedics, occupational therapists, assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants.

You will also be part of our falls response service which aims to support patient's who have fallen at home and provide a falls pick up response and supporting with a holistic assessment of the individual's needs to support them to remain safely at home.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as an integrated member of the Urgent Community Response Service delivering person centred care, assisting Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Paramedics and the wider multidisciplinary team with patient interventions.

To deliver clinical interventions defined within individualised patient care plans, as directed by the senior staff.

To maintain high quality standards in all aspects of care delivery, working in partnership with primary care colleagues, other health professionals, patients, carers and the statutory, independent and voluntary organisations.

See job description and person specification for full details.

The service works through the hours of 8:00am to 7 days a week, 365 days a year

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Good general education Health related NVQ level 3 or equivalent 3 GCSEs grade C including Maths and English or equivalent

Desirable

Moving and Handling of People Experience

Experience and skills

Essential

Demonstrates attitude and aptitude needed for the post Awareness of ill health/frailty/falls Good communication skills, written and verbal Basic IT skills Able to travel

Desirable

Experience of team work Understanding of promoting independence Experience within a caring environment Experience of community working

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