Senior Integrated Therapy Assistant - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Preston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Wouldn't you love to work somewhere where it feels like part of your extended family? If so, you are going to LOVE working with us in our award-winning Acute Frailty Team/ Falls & Fracture Prevention service.

We are a friendly supportive environment where we promise not only a varied caseload, but also plenty of opportunities to learn & develop from your colleagues.

We our passionate about continuous development to ensure the best quality care and experience is provided to our most frail patients.

We don't shy away from trying new things, after all, Frailty is now nationally recognised as its own speciality due to the complexity & experience required in this field so we are all learning together too.

In fact, there are so many potential opportunities, we couldn't include them all, so we would love you to contact us to find out more & meet the team before applying.

You'll work primarily with our Falls Occupational Therapist, responding to clinic patients, but will also support the Frailty Specialist Nurses & Occupational Therapist in the management of patients on the Virtual Frailty Ward.

The caseload will involve a combination of phone call consultations and home visits under the guidance of the specialist nurses and therapist, with additional administrative duties to ensure the high quality management of patient using these services.

We'll support you all the way with relevant training, giving you the chance to learn directly from our experts across many specialties which should stand you in good stead wherever your career goes next.

Our fab team, known as LIFT, although small, is strong, really supportive and we manage to retain our sense of humour despite some of the pressures we face together and this is mirrored in the wider teams in which we work.

Teamwork is everything

Although a relatively new service - the Virtual Frailty ward has received extremely positive feedback. Patients describe it as 'a lifeline' where staff make patients safe and supportive. This is where we find job satisfaction, knowing the difference we have made to their experience and lives.

We are sure that if you value patient experience, this ethos will drive you and bring you the rewards you deserve.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

To work within the Integrated Frailty Team based at Royal Preston Hospital as part of an expert clinical team delivering quality care within the specialised area and under mínimal supervision from a qualified therapist.

To work in close liaison with the MDT/ patients/ NOK / carers and community colleagues, to ensure effective management and a seamless transition of care, to reduce attendance and readmission risks.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

See attached job description for full details

To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies Service stakeholders

To support personal and people development

To help to ensure the health, safety and security of users of the Acute Frailty Team, self and colleagues

To support service development and planning

To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within Core Therapies

To support equality of opportunity and access within the Core Therapies for both staff and patients.

To support financial and other resource management within the Core Therapies

To provide and use information to support admin processes and patient care

To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients