Therapy Assistant - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Maidstone, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a Therapy Assistant to join West Kent's Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) in a full-time position.

CNRT in West Kent provides a specialist high quality comprehensive therapy service to patients with neurological impairment.

This includes assessment, advice and treatment of patients presenting with neurological impairments such as Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Huntington's Disease and Head Injury.

Our team is moving towards 7 day working so some weekend duties may be required on a rota basis.

Your base will be The Coxheath Clinic, Maidstone, but you may be required to sometimes provide support across the West Kent patch.

Your key role will be to support all the team's clinicians in the delivery of therapy against agreed goals to a small caseload of patients.

You will form a vital part of the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) supporting all our clinicians (Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Dietitians) in the delivery of therapy against agreed goals - often in patients' homes, but also within our group treatment programmes, where you will be supervised by a qualified therapist.

Due to the mobile nature of this role you will need a driving licence with access to a car.

Additional Working Pattern:
Monday to Friday 08:30-16:30 and some weekend working may be required e.g. 1 in 3

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated 'outstanding' by the CQC.

We've got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities.

To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we're reminded every day how important life is.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments.

We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Our career pathways will help you achieve your aspirations

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role.

Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated.

In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.