Critical Care Rehabilitation and Follow Up Service Technician

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about survivorship of critical care patients and interested in the newly emerging role of rehabilitation therapist within critical care .Are you someone who thrives in being a part of forward thinking critical care MDT while still remaining closely linked to intensive care department. Do you want to be an integral part of our critical care rehabilitation and ICU follow-up team?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our new team , we are committed to delivering outstanding quality of care for critical care survivors. The successful candidate will work closely with our critical care team and our new critical care rehabilitation MDT members providing holistic care on ICU and on ICU patient stepdown.

Our Critical care units at Wexham Park & Frimley park have an enthusiastic ,multi- disciplinary ethos and our aim is to provide early rehabilitation and therefore aim to minimise the impact of Post Intensive care Syndrome on our patients. You will work alongside our critical care team , lead nurse, physiotherapist ,psychologist and occupational therapist.

Main duties of the job

Within ICU

Have own ICU caseload, this will include; PROM, Bed/Chair/Standing exercises, Mobility, Thera trainer

Assist with doubles within physiotherapy caseload

Review all complex/comprehensive pathway patients:

o Physiotherapy: PROM, Bed/Chair/Standing exercises, rehab on edge of bed, transfer practice, mobility, Thera trainer (with or without registered physiotherapist as appropriate)

o Holistic management: delirium, orientation, suitable games to aid concentration, memory and brain exercises, emotional support, quality of life activities

o Occupational therapy as appropriate (advised by OT)

o Joint sessions with members of the MDT including Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, SALT, Psychologist

Support the MDT in ensuring patient diaries are completed and up to date

Support the MDT to complete objective assessments on ICU and record outcomes on the spreadsheet

Follow Up on the wards

Review patients that have been stepped down within 72 hours

Work with therapists/MDT to set patient centred goals

Joint sessions with Therapy teams on the wards to aid handover of patient

Additional treatments including; PROM, Bed/Chair/Standing exercises, Mobility, Thera trainer, functional rehabilitation

Providing patients with information about support following ICU and signposting as necessary

Objective measures as required and record of outcomes on spreadsheet

Liaising with Physiotherapist, Lead Nurse, OT and Psychologist

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Date posted

08 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year pa pro rata incl. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

151-AG506-A

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Park

Slough

SL2 4HL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the Job Description and Person Specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role.

We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the Job Description and Person Specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role.

We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

Person Specification

essential

Essential

Prior NHS experience as a band 2
experience working on NHS wards
Experience giving exercises to patients
Experience doing administration tasks
Reasons for wanting to work at trust/ trust values

Desirable

have worked on ITU or have experience in this area
evidence of good communication skills
evidence of relevant training
evidence of team skills

Person Specification

essential

Essential

Prior NHS experience as a band 2
experience working on NHS wards
Experience giving exercises to patients
Experience doing administration tasks
Reasons for wanting to work at trust/ trust values

Desirable

have worked on ITU or have experience in this area
evidence of good communication skills
evidence of relevant training
evidence of team skills

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.