Band 3 Therapy Assistant - Stroke and Neurology

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a band 3 Therapy Support Worker to join our Stroke and Neuro Therapy Team at Good Hope Hospital.

We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated person with excellent communication skills. The post is shared between two therapy disciplines (Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy) in order to improve on our multidisciplinary teamwork and provide excellent stroke rehabilitation.

The therapy team are predominantly based in a brand new 24-bedded acute stroke unit. We provide rehabilitation and care for our patients, use assessment skills to identify and provide excellent post stroke intervention. We also provide care for acute neurological outliers on the wards at Good Hope Hospital. The multidisciplinary stroke team at Good Hope Hospital is strong and supportive and held in high regard in the hospital. We hope you would like to join an established and effective therapy team working with stroke and neurological patients in an acute hospital setting.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post is shared between two therapy disciplines (Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy) and includes assisting the therapists in assessing and treating stroke and neurological patients predominantly on the acute stroke unit or acute wards. The post also includes therapy documentation, reporting, data inputting to support the service, plus ordering equipment and site visits to facilitate discharge of patients.

It is essential the post holder has excellent communication and IT skills, have an interest in stroke and neurological conditions, a willingness to learn and develop their therapeutic skills. We are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff. The Trust is committed to providing a 7-day therapy service and therefore this role is on a 7-day working rota.

We encourage informal conversation so please feel free to contact:

Caroline Graham, Clinical team Lead for Stroke and Neurology, Good Hope Hospital. Telephone: 0121 424-9091 or email: Caroline.Graham@uhb.nhs.uk

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and maths

* Able to demonstrate competence in maths and written and spoken English

* Educated to A Level / NVQ 3/ BTEC or equivalent (e.g NVQ 2 or similar vocational qualification PLUS experience working in a care setting)

* Care certificate or be willing to work towards this

Desirable

* Evidence of recent education / personal development related to Healthcare.

Experience

Essential

* Relevant therapy / health / social care experience

* Experience of dealing with people

* Experience of working in a team

* Can demonstrate a broad understanding of relevant areas of therapy, the effect of illness/critical conditions / disability on function and health and basic aims of rehabilitation

* Good understanding of the role of therapy support worker in the relevant area

* Understanding of confidentiality and data protection in healthcare

Desirable

* Experience and knowledge of stroke and neurological conditions

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