Senior Therapy Assistant

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.

• To implement patient treatment working within established guidelines for defined client group.
• To assess and if appropriate implement activities, treatment and exercises in order to achieve the common goal of facilitating a safe and effective discharge.
• To order, deliver and fit Millbrook equipment, ensuring that equipment is safe prior to provision, as well as ensuring patients and carers are taught how to use appropriately. Independently
  monitor adjust and review intervention and treatments.
• There will be administration duties within the department.
• You will be on a weekend rota and provide therapy services to the acute setting on additional hours when required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Good standard of education
• GCSE Grade C English or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with patients/clients in a previous job role
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working within a hospital setting

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate knowledge regarding the role of a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist as a profession and how they can help improve patient care and outcomes
• Empathy, able to communicate with patients, relatives, carers and external agencies
• Ability to cope with stressful situations/ environments and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers and remain professional

Desirable criteria

• Good basic working knowledge of medical conditions and how they affect patients

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 232.4KB)
• Personal Specification (PDF, 48.5KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 176.4KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Bedford Hospital Site map (PDF, 2.6MB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)