Senior Therapy Assistant

Job summary

We are looking to recruit Senior Therapy Assistants to join our dynamic Older Persons Therapy Team at Poole Hospital, UHD. We are offering static full time and part time positions.

Within the acute setting the Older Persons Services (OPS) Therapies team assess and manage patients that present in the Emergency Department, the Older Persons Admissions/Short Stay Unit, the Older Persons Medical wards including complex care wards within Poole Hospital. There will be opportunity to rotate across assessment and wards areas. As a team we are passionate in ensuring that any older people presenting to our acute hospital receives the highest quality care from clinicians with a holistic and rehabilitative approach.

You will work alongside qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to deliver combined therapy treatment programmes, support discharge planning for inpatients, and undertake essential non-clinical roles to support the smooth running of the service.

For the full duties of the post - please see the job description.

To be successful in this post, you will have:

• Previous employment in a health or social care setting (or equivalent) in a care/ facilitation/ support role
• A GCSE (or equivalent) pass mark in English
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• An ability to work independently within a supportive environment
• Excellent personal organisational skills including time management

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Please note this post includes 7 day working. The post holder will be expected to participate in regular weekend working.

If you are successful, you will be supported to achieve the competencies for the role through induction, 'on the job training' and teaching sessions.

Please specify in your application if you are looking for full or part time working, and if you have any preference in which team you might be interested in.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.