Job summary
The role of a Therapy Support Worker is to support the delivery of therapy services to patients within the Specialist surgery setting. The Therapy Support Worker will work under the supervision of Registered Therapists and will be responsible for an agreed specific caseload. The role will support a range of therapy professions, covering predominately Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists who work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the Specialist Surgery Therapy Team at Heartlands Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The Therapy Support Worker will be required to work on the wards, within the acute assessment units and may be required to conduct visits to patients' homes
The trust is committed to providing a 7-day service and therefore the role is on a 7 day working rota.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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 at grade C or above
- *Able to demonstrate competence in maths and written and spoken English
- *Educated to A Level / NVQ 4/ BTEC or equivalent (e.g. NVQ 3 or similar vocational qualification PLUS substantive 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.
- *Demonstrated has been proactive with continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- *Comprehensive experience supporting therapists in a relevant clinical setting
- *Comprehensive experience of delivering acute inpatient rehabilitation programmes across a variety of clinical settings with evidence of MDT collaboration and hospital discharge planning
- *Can demonstrate an in depth understanding of relevant areas of therapy, the effect of illness/clinical conditions / disability on function and health and basic aims of rehabilitation
- *Comprehensive experience as a therapy support worker
- *Understanding of confidentiality and data protection in healthcare
Desirable
- *Experience of communicating with and motivating patients who may have communication difficulties
- *Experience of working in Acute Hospital Setting
- *Good understanding of working environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB trust/acute care/community as applicable
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- *Good clinical reasoning skills
- *Confidence to feedback to the multi-disciplinary team in a formal setting and to communicate effectively with a wide variety of other professionals to represent therapies internally and externally
- *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
- *Physical skills, fitness, dexterity and coordination needed for manual handling and treatment of patients
- *Good IT and Keyboard skills
- *Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
- *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
- *Enthusiasm to work as therapy support worker within 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
- *Ability to contribute to weekend working and evening day case cover
Desirable
- *Able to demonstrate and teach practical skills to others, including safe use of equipment.
- *Willingness to participate and at times lead in departmental activities i.e. group supervision, course development, delivery of training
- *Demonstrates a commitment to CPD
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and maths at grade C or above
- *Able to demonstrate competence in maths and written and spoken English
- *Educated to A Level / NVQ 4/ BTEC or equivalent (e.g. NVQ 3 or similar vocational qualification PLUS substantive 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.
- *Demonstrated has been proactive with continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- *Comprehensive experience supporting therapists in a relevant clinical setting
- *Comprehensive experience of delivering acute inpatient rehabilitation programmes across a variety of clinical settings with evidence of MDT collaboration and hospital discharge planning
- *Can demonstrate an in depth understanding of relevant areas of therapy, the effect of illness/clinical conditions / disability on function and health and basic aims of rehabilitation
- *Comprehensive experience as a therapy support worker
- *Understanding of confidentiality and data protection in healthcare
Desirable
- *Experience of communicating with and motivating patients who may have communication difficulties
- *Experience of working in Acute Hospital Setting
- *Good understanding of working environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB trust/acute care/community as applicable
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- *Good clinical reasoning skills
- *Confidence to feedback to the multi-disciplinary team in a formal setting and to communicate effectively with a wide variety of other professionals to represent therapies internally and externally
- *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
- *Physical skills, fitness, dexterity and coordination needed for manual handling and treatment of patients
- *Good IT and Keyboard skills
- *Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
- *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
- *Enthusiasm to work as therapy support worker within 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
- *Ability to contribute to weekend working and evening day case cover
Desirable
- *Able to demonstrate and teach practical skills to others, including safe use of equipment.
- *Willingness to participate and at times lead in departmental activities i.e. group supervision, course development, delivery of training
- *Demonstrates a commitment to CPD
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.
