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Occupational Therapy Elective Orthopaedic Team
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Weekend working and bank holiday commitment)
Job ref
164-6157821
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Campus
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59

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Therapy Support Worker

Band 3

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 3 Occupational Therapy Support Worker to join the Elective Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy Team, this full time role is a permanent position.

The post of a therapy support worker is to provide specific assessments and treatments to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist. There will be an element of clerical and administration tasks involved in the post (Record keeping, filing, ordering equipment, entering ‘stats’ onto the computer, stock control of splinting materials and equipment, taking part in the office cleaning rota and collecting equipment from peripheral stores). When working with in-patients, the role will be to provide rehabilitation and interventions to facilitate the safe discharge of patients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who can adapt to changing priorities and work in a busy environment and use their own initiative. The successful applicant will work alongside the Occupational Therapists who cover the Elective  Orthopaedic  wards. The successful applicant will be involved in assessment, progression and discharge planning of this patient group and will be expected to utilise rehabilitation programmes. You will also assist Occupational Therapists in the fitting of splints and Brace to patient on a variety of wards including Intensive Care. You will be responsible for your own caseload, working both individually and alongside other members of the team.

There is a weekend working & bank holiday commitment as part of this role.

 

Working for our organisation

As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers in healthcare.

Therapies and Rehabilitation Services is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists, and our other staff encompass professionals such as nurses, psychologists, administrative and clerical and support workers. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work on the Elective Orthopaedic wards / clinics & Outpatients at the city hospital

Assessment, progression and discharge planning of  patients following a trauma

To utilise rehabilitation programmes

To assist Occupational Therapists in the fitting of splints and Brace to patient on a variety of wards including Intensive Care

 To be responsible for your own caseload, working both individually and alongside other members of the team

OT tasks will include being responsible for gathering information about home circumstances, completing specific functional assessments

Ordering equipment and providing rehabilitation and planning discharges

Daily administration and clerical tasks that are key in this role

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE (A-C) English and Maths or equivalent
  • Willingness to undertake further training and learn new skills
Desirable criteria
  • Working towards or achieved NVQ level 3 or equivalent in health related subject.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience as a therapy or Rehab assistant
  • Ability to effectively manage own case/work load, with support.
  • Experience of keeping written notes/records to record work undertaken

Communication Skills

Essential criteria
  • Effective written, verbal and listening communications skills.
  • Can work independently or under direction of a variety of supervisors

Organising & Analysing

Essential criteria
  • Skills in prioritizing work tasks
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
  • Problem solving skills

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Physical ability to undertake manual and therapeutic handling of patients and/or equipment on a daily basis in a variety of environments
  • Flexibility to work elsewhere in Therapies or as required

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Meggan Feeney
Job title
Team Leader Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
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