Senior Multi Therapy Assistant
Job overview
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
Intermediate care is a multidisciplinary service that helps people to be as independent as possible. It provides support and rehabilitation to people at risk of hospital admission or who have been in hospital. It aims to ensure people transfer from hospital to the community in a timely way and to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals and residential care.
Reading Intermediate Care is a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a nurse, and senior therapy assistants, who treat people in their own homes to rehabilitate them to as high a level of independence as possible. This supportive multidisciplinary teamwork with patients across Reading in close communication with social services, voluntary agencies and GPs.The team also support the hospital discharges / 2 day pathway/ falls / community physiotherapy pathways and providing support to patients at risk of hospital admission due to lack of equipment or care support.
The Senior Therapy Assistant will work with and support the clinicians by working with the patients to achieve their goals. They will also receive and process referrals, collect relevant data information and share information with the relevant services.
The post holder will support and teach practical skills to junior therapeutic and care assistants, students, patients their relatives and/or carers.
Main duties of the job
To undertake initial safe assessments when a referral is received through the Lead Referral Co-ordinators from general practitioners in the reading locality or from the community/acute hospital. To ensure that patients are taken on through the appropriate service and have a clear care plan identifying their needs and ensure appropriate actions are taken.To discuss patients, progress while on the service and review with the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate. To assist the patient in identifying their goals and to recognise when these have been achieved. To holistically support the patient throughout the re-ablement process and to fulfil the needs of those who are unable to recover from ill health.
To have a patient centred approach. To liaise with Registered Nurses, Registered Occupational Therapists, Registred Physiotherapists and Care Managers/Social Workers to communicate changes in patients’
condition and to keep accurate and concise reports. To be the first point of contact for junior staff and escalate accordingly. To contribute and participate in professional development meetings. To receive and process referrals, collect relevant information and share information with the relevant services.To collect information for triage of referrals and assess the patients’ needs from the information collated and to pursue the most appropriate action in a timely manner on behalf of the referrer or patient.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
- Have excellent communication skills
- Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites
- Willingness to work alone and effectively manage co-morbidities under the rehabilitation umbrella
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria- NVQ 3 or equivalent
- computer skills
- NVQ4
- ECDL
- Continuous Professional Development
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Evidence of statutory & mandatory courses
Previous Experience
Essential criteria- Minimum of 3 years community /nursing /care experience.
- Palliative Care Experience
- Experience of caring for the Elderly
- Proven working experience of one or more of the following: Intermediate Care Assistant Experience, Health care assistant experience, Occupational therapy assistant experience or Physiotherapy assistant experience
- Experience of shift lead
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria- Effective written & communication skills
- Ability to deal with and communicate sensitive or difficult issues over the telephone or face to face
- Ability to work alone and as an effective part of a team.
- Ability to perform technical skills
- IT skills and experience
- The ability to deal with conflict
- Demonstrates organisational skills
- Demonstrates ability to use initiative.
- Demonstrates flexibility in approach to working environment.
- Experience of promoting public health.
- Demonstrates innovative practice.
- Willingness to undertake further professional development/clinical skills
- Experience/knowledge of data collection systems including Rio
- Demonstrate ability to receive and process referral information and share information with relevant services
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria- Car Driver. Full UK Driving Licence (manual)
- Have use of Car to travel to a variety of settings
- Reliability and an ability to work consistently to the standards expected
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
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