Therapy Assistant - Bournemouth, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

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Bournemouth, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant to work within the Older Person's Services (OPS) Therapy Team.

The OPS Therapy Team strives to ensure older people presenting to our acute hospital receive the highest quality care in a timely manner fromclinicians with a holistic approach and passion in caring for older people.

The therapy team are responsible for the assessment and management of patients in the Emergency Department, the Older Person's Assessment Unit (OPAU), short stay and complex older person's medical wards.

This is a rotational post across the older adult's therapy services.

The key responsibilities would require you to work alongside the therapists to support the team with assessing and rehabilitating the older person.

The post holder would work alongside other qualified therapists and rehab assistants to provide a Therapy service to patients, managing your owncaseload of patients under the guidance of a qualified clinician.

The OPS Therapy Team are extremely dynamic, looking to improve and integrate health and social care for older people in Dorset and Hampshire.

Our approach is to ensure that the assessment andintervention process for the older person is as seamless and effective as possible whilst on their journey from hospital to home.

Administrative responsibilities will be required within this role to support the qualified therapists.