Job summary
Are you a compassionate, caring, and considerate person? Are you looking for a sense of achievement in your job? If yes, then our Team at Heartlands Hospital want to hear from you.
Our Team is involved in an exciting opportunity to be part of a national study assessing the effect of increased ward-based therapy following hip surgery.
This is a 12-month post. The successful candidate will be trained specifically to work with existing staff to deliver education to the wider team and additional rehabilitation to the patients.
This will incorporate identifying eligible patients and inviting them to participate in the study, completing data collection, and provision of activities and therapy treatment during the participant's in-patient stay on the acute hip fracture ward.
Applicants will need to have comprehensive experience as a Band 3 OT/PT or generic therapy support worker. You will work collaboratively with Physiotherapists, OTs and fellow therapy support workers across inpatient T&O wards.
The trust is committed to providing a 7-day service. Applicants will need to be able to participate in a 7-day working rota, including working weekends. Therapy is provided until 8pm Monday-Friday, so the role will also include extended hours working.
The Trust is a multi-site organisation, you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites, and you may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis as a result of reorganisation of Trust services.
Main duties of the job
The post will combine competencies from physiotherapy and occupational therapy disciplines. You will work with patients providing rehabilitation activities, education, resources and planning for discharge, ensuring they have the correct equipment.
You will work with the therapy team to provide education to the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Your responsibilities will be varied and challenging -- however, being able to multitask in an efficient manner whilst maintaining a caring and helpful attitude underpins everything we do to make a difference to your team and the patients. You will require good IT skills.
The role will build on existing Band 3 skills to take on an increased level of responsibility. Working autonomously under the supervision of registered therapists for an agreed caseload, having excellent communication and organisational skills and being confident to make judgements unaided. You will be able to work proactively to problem solve and work on your own initiative.
As part of this invaluable Team, you will be a reliable and committed candidate who will help ensure we are continually adhering to our Trust values of Kind Connected and Bold. We are confident we can offer you not just your next job but your next career.
You can expect a starting salary of 27,484 along with a public sector pension, 27 days annual leave (rising with service and with the new option to buy and sell leave each year)
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 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.
- *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 understanding of the role of therapy support worker in the relevant area
- *Understanding of confidentiality and data protection in healthcare
- *Evidence of well-developed IT Skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook etc
Desirable
- *Experience of communicating with and motivating patients who may have communication difficulties
- *Good understanding of working on T&O wards
- *Experience of working on Trauma & Orthopaedic wards
- *Good understanding of working environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB trust/acute care/community as applicable
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *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
- *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 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.
- *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 understanding of the role of therapy support worker in the relevant area
- *Understanding of confidentiality and data protection in healthcare
- *Evidence of well-developed IT Skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook etc
Desirable
- *Experience of communicating with and motivating patients who may have communication difficulties
- *Good understanding of working on T&O wards
- *Experience of working on Trauma & Orthopaedic wards
- *Good understanding of working environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB trust/acute care/community as applicable
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *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
- *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.
