Oncology Assessment Unit Senior Therapy Assistant | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 AHP Assistant to work in the Oncology Assessment Unit (OAU) at Poole Hospital. This is a new, 9 months fixed term post funded by the Wessex Cancer Alliance to investigate the holistic needs of patients that are admitted to OAU.
Base location: Poole Hospital
There is a planned change of the base site to Royal Bournemouth Hospital at the end of 2025.
The key responsibility will be to screen and assess for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetic and Speech and Language Therapy needs of the patients that are admitted to OAU. The post holder will work autonomously within set competency criteria providing rehabilitation, equipment provision, advice and referral to other services, accessing supervision and guidance of senior AHP colleagues where needed.This role will also support the ongoing rehabilitation needs of cancer patients across the hospital. The post holder will work with senior AHP colleagues and the Personalised Cancer Care Project Lead to collect relevant data and outcome measures to support the need for this service and post in the longer term.
This data will be reported back to the Wessex Cancer Alliance and wider Trust.
It is expected that applicants will have relevant experience working with at least one AHP profession (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetic or Speech and Language Therapy) and/or have considerable experience working within the oncology setting.There will be a period of training to ensure competence in the other disciplines before working clinically on OAU.
If you have further questions regarding this post please contact Anna McHillier, Personalised Cancer Care Project Lead on anna.mchillier@uhd.nhs.uk.
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UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
There is a possible move of this service anticipated during Winter 2025, when thisrole and base of work will relocate toRoyal Bournemouth Hospital site. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute.Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
For further details on main responsibilities of post, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jan 2025