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 of the job
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
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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
- * Experience of communicating with and motivating patients who may have communication difficulties
- * Experience of working in a role supporting therapists
- * Experience of working with the relevant patient group
- * Broad understanding of working environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB trust/acute care/community as applicable.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Able to communicate via various forms ( face to face, telephone)
- * Able to communicate information and instructions to patients/carers/relatives who have communication difficulties of English as a second language
- * Evidence of being able to work effectively as part of a team / across teams
- * Able to meet the physical demands of the job including ohysical skills, fitness, dexterity and coordination needed for manual handling and treatment of patients
- * IT and Keyboard skills
- * Able to plan and prioritise own time effectively
- * Able to understand the priorities within team / service respond appropriately
- * Able to solve problems and contribute own ideas seeking guidance if necessary
- * Able to follow instructions
- * Motivated to learn new skills
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- * Able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- * Ability to take responsibility under guidance
- * Know own limitations and role boundaries
- * Able to seek support from others when required
- * Able to deal with potentially upsetting clinical settings/situations
- * Demonstrates empathy to a wide range of patients, carers, staff
- * Demonstrates commitment to patient centred care
- * Reliable and trustworthy
- * Able to work under pressure
- * Demonstrates commitment to work flexibly to meet the challenging demands of the service
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Desirable
- * Able to demonstrate and teach practical skills to others, including safe use of equipment.
- * Able to drive and own a car.
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
- * Experience of communicating with and motivating patients who may have communication difficulties
- * Experience of working in a role supporting therapists
- * Experience of working with the relevant patient group
- * Broad understanding of working environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB trust/acute care/community as applicable.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Able to communicate via various forms ( face to face, telephone)
- * Able to communicate information and instructions to patients/carers/relatives who have communication difficulties of English as a second language
- * Evidence of being able to work effectively as part of a team / across teams
- * Able to meet the physical demands of the job including ohysical skills, fitness, dexterity and coordination needed for manual handling and treatment of patients
- * IT and Keyboard skills
- * Able to plan and prioritise own time effectively
- * Able to understand the priorities within team / service respond appropriately
- * Able to solve problems and contribute own ideas seeking guidance if necessary
- * Able to follow instructions
- * Motivated to learn new skills
- *
- * Able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- * Ability to take responsibility under guidance
- * Know own limitations and role boundaries
- * Able to seek support from others when required
- * Able to deal with potentially upsetting clinical settings/situations
- * Demonstrates empathy to a wide range of patients, carers, staff
- * Demonstrates commitment to patient centred care
- * Reliable and trustworthy
- * Able to work under pressure
- * Demonstrates commitment to work flexibly to meet the challenging demands of the service
- *
Desirable
- * Able to demonstrate and teach practical skills to others, including safe use of equipment.
- * Able to drive and own a car.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
