Senior Therapy Assistant

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To assess for, plan and implement therapy interventions and treatment plans, such as exercise programmes (group or individual), provision of mobility aids, measuring and fitting adaptive equipment, minor and major adaptations.
• Ensure equipment is used safely, following relevant training, and that it is maintained appropriately.
• Use your skills for making ongoing evaluations of patient's response to prescribed treatment/care plans, and prepare for supervised patient discharge.
• To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g. hearing loss, diminished sight, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems, and pain.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with patients, carers, colleagues, and other health care professionals. This will also enable you to assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• To identify and initiate onward referral to other services for patients as appropriate.
• Staff development within CPFT is highly valued and you will be supported to attend relevant internal and external courses to develop your knowledge and skills to improve clinical practice as identified as part of your Appraisal process.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• Good general education up to GCSE equivalent including Maths and English
• Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework

Desirable criteria

• NVQ Level 3 Care Award (certificate & portfolio)
• Chair based and OTAGO exercise training, or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential criteria

• Clinical experience in a rehabilitation/reablement or therapy environment

Desirable criteria

• Community experience
• Knowledge of falls prevention

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Good communication skills

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
• Move and manoeuvre people and equipment
• Travel around work base locality

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Accepts responsibility for own workload
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Understands the principles of confidentiality

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates professional curiosity
• SystmOne

Other

Essential criteria

• Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
• In highly stressful situations, keeps own feelings in check; takes constructive action and calms others down
• Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
• Positive approach to older people

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

• Senior Therapy Assistant JDPS (PDF, 376.6KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)
• CPFT Benefits (PDF, 74.4KB)