Therapy Assistant - Orthopaedics

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated people to join our dynamic and friendly inpatient Orthopaedic therapy teams as a Therapy Assistant.

This is an exciting time to join DBTH as we further enhance our emergency pathways and progress elective restoration work with the aim of becoming one of the top performing Trusts in the country which delivers outstanding care to patients.

Joining the Trust as a Therapy Assistant is a great way to begin your career in the NHS. It offers valuable experience and various apprenticeship routes are available to develop through to careers in our therapy professions. Our Therapy assistant staff are highly valued members of our team who help us to provide quality care for our patients.

You will be required to work alongside qualified Therapists but also work independently managing your own patient caseload. You must have great communication and time management skills. Documentation is an integral part of the role and you will be expected to document within patients' records. Computer skills are essential as you will be accessing patient details.

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to understand the patients' needs and motivate them throughout their journey is an essential part of this role.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, plan and provide Therapy intervention for patients in an Orthopaedic in patient setting.
• To work within agreed guidelines, protocols/competencies
• To assist in the delivery and organisation of Therapy services within the specialty.
• To undertake specific clinical responsibilities or quality improvement projects supporting the overall delivery of therapy services
• To work independently with some patients being the first contact from the Orthopaedic Therapy Team

For full details please see attached job description & person specification

The ability to work flexibly, over 7 days is essential.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.