Band 3 Clinical Support Worker - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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1 month ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a person who enjoys using and exploring technology like a mobile phones or electronic tablets to join the clinical support team within the Access to Communication and Technology Service for a fixed term of 2 years.


The post holder will be supporting clinical staff to provide assistive technologies to clients who have a range of complex conditions working within three clinical caseloads relating to Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT): people with severe physical disabilities who may need Environmental Control (EC) or alternative computer access and people with communication and language difficulties who may need Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC).

The role will involve preparing and amending electronic assistive technology and low tech strategies.

Do you have the skills required to join our team? We are looking for a highly driven person who is enthusiastic and motivated to work with us


Experience in working with AAC and or EC is not needed but an interest in working with people and in using technology is.

The post will be based at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre in Selly Oak, Birmingham but covers the wider West Midlands area so the post holder will need to be able to drive around the region in both their own car and Trust pool cars


To assist the clinical team in their assessment of clients for a range of Assistive Technologies and/or low tech strategies.

Clients have a range of conditions which include complex physical and/or learning disabilities, life limiting diagnoses and challenging behaviours.

To set up and amend the electronic assistive technology to meet the clinician's prescription.


To assist the clinical team in providing training regarding techniques and Assistive Technology to clients, their families, and local professionals.

To follow instruction to produce resources for individual patients and generic use to support communication and environmental control

To support the smooth running of the department by supporting device/stock management functions


To establish effective working relation with the following:

  • ACT Team
  • Clinical, Technical, Stock and Administration staff
  • Patients, their carers and families
  • Assistive technology providers
  • Other departments
  • External organisations such as Higher Education providers, professional bodies and other stakeholders

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Be Part of Our Team...


BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles.

BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities.

We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities.

We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.


If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.


Access to Communication and Technology is a specialist electronic assistive technology service, which is based at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JA.

We are a service made up of clinicians (Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapists, Health Care Scientists and assistant Practitioners), technicians, stock, Clinical support Staff and administration staff providing specialist assessment, set up, provision and maintenance of electronic assistive technology to meet the needs of children and adults who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Environmental Control (EC).


We are a friendly, enthusiastic, experienced, and supportive team who work collaboratively as part of a national network of similar services, all funded by NHS England.

You will be supervised by an Speech and Language Therapist and work alongside the wider ACT team.
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