Therapy Support Worker

Job summary

This exciting role will support the Frailty team to deliver Therapy input to a wide range of patients over the age of 70, with the aim of preventing any unnecessary lengthy hospital stays by working closely with our community teams to support discharges. It will involve a lot of patient contact as well as some ad ministerial jobs to help maintain an optimum patient journey.

Main duties of the job

To undertake specific skilled support work to aid both physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the assessment of patients.

To accept patients delegated by a therapist and manage delegated case load on a day to day basis.

To treat patients according to planned programmes and agreed treatment protocols as individuals or in groups.

To assist in drawing up the treatment programmes in conjunction with a therapist.

To monitor patient progression and make minor alterations to patient treatment programmes, consulting with the supervising therapist.

To report back on patient progress and inform the therapist of any problems.

To assist with administerial duties as required to support the team.

To take an active role in ordering equipment for patient discharge.

To support across the site as needs/workload require

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

PLEASE NOTE - WE CANNOT PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE