Therapy Support Worker - Redruth, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Redruth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Therapy Support Worker:

Band 3:

Main area

Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy

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Grade

Band 3

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Part time 27 hours per week

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Job ref

Site

Camborne-Redruth Community Hospital

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Town

Redruth

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Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Pro rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

22/05/2024 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, 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 whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, innovative, flexible, and well-motivated Therapy Support Worker to join the North Kerrier Rehabilitation Team based primarily within the inpatient therapy team at Camborne-Redruth Hospital.

We are looking for someone with a background in rehabilitation who has in interest in both Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy to develop their skills in these areas.

Under the umbrella of the North Kerrier Rehab Team, we provide high quality rehabilitation and reablement in the community.

This post will be primarily based in the Community Assessment and Treatment Unit (CATU) which is an inpatient unit designed to assess patients who need medical, nursing and therapy intervention before being discharged home, aiming for a 48 hour turnaround.

The post holder will treat patients with varied pathologies and presentations, including a wide variety of conditions e.g. neurological, orthopaedic, respiratory, frailty, and falls. Every contact, treatment plan, and working environment are different bringing variety and challenge to each working day.

At times you may be asked to work in the community to follow patients up after discharge, to review home environments to facilitate discharge or to support the community rehabilitation team at times of low staffing for example.

Weekend working may become an operational part of this role in the future.

Main duties of the job:

Job Overview

The purpose of the post is:

To carry out skilled interventions as delegated by senior Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists
This will be primarily in the CATU at Camborne-Redruth Hospital but could include other hospital units, or in the community, including the patient's own home. This is may not be directly supervised by the therapist (e.g. practising mobility / gaining confidence / practising activities of daily living).
To monitor the patient's response to therapy intervention and report back on the outcome.
To encourage patients and carers in an active approach to regaining and maintaining personal independence.

Key Dimensions of the post are:

To contribute to the assessment and treatment of patients seen by the North Kerrier Community Rehabilitation Team

To practice as a lone worker.

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide speciali