Therapy Assistant Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a skilled, enthusiastic and motivated Therapy Assistant to join our Therapy Team. To provide a high quality therapy focused service within a multidisciplinary team, delivering a flexible approach to patient care within in an inpatient setting.
The therapy assistant team consists of Occupational therapist, Physiotherapists, assistant practitioners and therapy support workers.
The service consists of a 26 bedded inpatient ward and the therapy service is a 7-day service
As a band 4 assistant practitioner you will be working alongside the therapists to deliver interventions as well as holding and managing a given caseload.
You will be experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health or social care environment with knowledge of basic IT administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc).
You will be patient focussed and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
Main duties of the job
- To provide holistic and person-centred care and support community patients in an acute setting.
- To support the qualified therapist (Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist) in providing a high standard of Therapy intervention following protocols agreed by professional colleagues.
- To perform screening assessments and treatment programmes as per agreed protocols with delegated patients.
- To hold responsibility for own delegated caseload following discussion with the therapist.
- To work within a competency framework to ensure safe practice.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life – and a good work life/home life balance.
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