Therapy Assistant - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Sheffield, United Kingdom

6 days ago

Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Community Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Team at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.


You will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role.

You will share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.


You will be a key member of the Special Schools teams, who provide care to children with coordination difficulties, autism and physical disabilities.

The teams are experienced, supportive, compassionate and forward thinking, and you will gain a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience through working with them.


We have a number of vacancies for therapy assistants within our community team to work within our special schools situated across the city.

We have full and part time positions and we will consider flexibility for term time only working in certain positions.

Working hours of this role is 28 hours a week.


To provide specific skilled support work for the activities of qualified therapists by assisting in the assessment and treatment of children with severe and complex learning and physical difficulties within Special Schools.

To work under the indirect supervision of a qualified physiotherapist or occupational therapist.

To order and maintain and utilise therapeutic equipment.

To assist in the running of a variety of exercise and rehabilitation sessions.

To undertake appropriate administrative, clerical and housekeeping duties.


Sheffield Children's is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.


We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision "to create a healthier future for children and young people.

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Outstanding patient care

Brilliant place to work

Leader in children's health


Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.

We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work.

This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place.

Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working


CLINICAL


To provide a service in the Special School team either independently or in conjunction with qualified therapists and therapy assistant practitioners.


To assist a qualified therapist in the physical and functional assessment and treatment of children from nursery to secondary school age.


Following instructions from a qualified member of staff to independently execute a treatment programme with a child or group of children using a variety of treatment techniques e.g.

exercise and postural management and using a range of assistive technology equipment.

To be responsible for decision making during treatment following agreed protocols or guidelines from qualified staff.


To recognise when a child needs re-assessing and / or treatment programmes need changing and communicate with qualified staff accordingly.


To posses a basic understanding of illness and disability, safety issues, treatment techniques and the ability to analyse the effectiveness of treatment / intervention and the skill to refer back to a qualified therapist.

To acknowledge any limitations in competence when accepting assigned duties from qualified staff.

To prepare for and assist qualified professionals in a variety of clinics e.g. wheelchair and orthotic clinics.

To assist a qualified therapist in the sourcing, assessment and ordering of therapeutic equipment.


To be responsible for the transport and issue of small pieces of therapy equipment using own car, and to be able to demonstrate proof of insurance for this purpose.

To be involved in maintaining equipment including basic safety checks and arranging for modifications and repairs.

To be responsible for receiving and passing on information within the multi-disciplinary team. This includes the handling of confidential and occasionally sensitive information.

To communicate effectively with children and families.

This includes significant explanation of tasks requiring persuasion and encouragement which is appropriate to the age and understanding of the child.

It may also require overcoming barriers to communication e.g. children with alternative means of communication or very limited communication or families whose first language is not English.

To communicate effectively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to aid clinical decision making.


PROFESSIONAL
To undertake risk assessments on a daily basis, for example; work space, equipment, pat
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