Job summary
We have an exciting role working alongside our physiotherapists & occupational therapists in our orthopaedic team. We are looking for someone dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated to support the team in providing therapy services on the wards.
The therapy department's vision statement is:
"To be the heart of NEL, empowering people to live their best life, committed to innovative development of our staff and services with transparency. Think of us as part of your caring family as we are proud to be one."
and we are looking for someone who will come along on our journey to continue to deliver this.
Do you have experience working within a physical health setting or have a foundation degree in rehabilitation or similar and looking for your next challenge? If so, this could be your next career move.
This role will involve you working closely with the multidisciplinary team, assessing and treating patients with a wide range of presentations. You should be adaptable, flexible, have a great sense of humour and enjoy working as part of a large friendly team in a busy environment. The role is a rotational post on an annual basis. The other teams that this role will rotate into are medicine, older people, surgery & amputees, musculoskeletal and emergency therapy.
For further information, please contact:
Debbie Slade (Debbie.Slade@nhs.net)
Main duties of the job
To assist the therapy team in providing a high standard service to patients referred from orthopaedics, by supporting the multi-professional team assisting in the assessment and implementation of treatment programmes and care plans for patients.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Formal technical qualification, e.g. City & Guilds, or Health Care NVQ or equivalent skills acquired through in-service development or experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Appropriate experience of working in a therapy/nursing assistant role.
Knowledge
Essential
- Willingness and ability to be trained and successfully assessed in competencies in an area within 6 months of appointment.
- Understanding and ability to apply risk management.
- Understanding of legal responsibilities of the service and the associated code of ethics.
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services.
- Understanding and compliance with Data Protection
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work alone in supportive settings
- Ability to teach practical skills to clients and carers.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
- IM&T/computer skills: ability to send/receive emails, place electronic orders, record onto electronic health records.
- Ability to gain patient's trust.
- Ability to engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care.
Other
Essential
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility and reliability.
- Ability to carry out moderate effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
- Ability to work as an effective team member.
- Ability to work as an effective team member.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Commitment to non-discriminatory practice.
Desirable
- Car driver - full driving license
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Formal technical qualification, e.g. City & Guilds, or Health Care NVQ or equivalent skills acquired through in-service development or experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Appropriate experience of working in a therapy/nursing assistant role.
Knowledge
Essential
- Willingness and ability to be trained and successfully assessed in competencies in an area within 6 months of appointment.
- Understanding and ability to apply risk management.
- Understanding of legal responsibilities of the service and the associated code of ethics.
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services.
- Understanding and compliance with Data Protection
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work alone in supportive settings
- Ability to teach practical skills to clients and carers.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
- IM&T/computer skills: ability to send/receive emails, place electronic orders, record onto electronic health records.
- Ability to gain patient's trust.
- Ability to engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care.
Other
Essential
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility and reliability.
- Ability to carry out moderate effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
- Ability to work as an effective team member.
- Ability to work as an effective team member.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Commitment to non-discriminatory practice.
Desirable
- Car driver - full driving license
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
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).
