About the role
Salary: £28392.00 to £31157.00
The primary aim of the therapy service is to ensure patients can live well and as independently as possible in their own homes following acute hospitalisation. This will be achieved through:
- To be responsible for and manage a delegated clinical caseload including review of cases as necessary.
- To provide holistic interventions for patients without direct supervision, working to treatment plans, protocols and accountable at all times to a registered practitioner.
- To support patient centred rehabilitation in order to facilitate timely, safe discharge, reflecting individual choice and maximising individual's independence.
- To achieve and maintain competencies through skills and knowledge development.
- To collect and record patient information in EPR in line with departmental guidelines.
- To perform non-clinical and administrative duties within the department, as required.
- To contribute to setting up and be responsible for maintaining operational systems within the department.
- To contribute to the induction and training of new staff and students
- To work flexibly across the team, covering a variety of clinical areas as needed
- To maintain rehab equipment in the department, order, clean, communicate with suppliers
Advanced Therapy Assistant
Directorate:
Acute Medicine and Rehabilitation Services
Division:
Medicine Rehabilitation and Cardiac
Band:
4
Responsible to:
Clinical Team Lead
Accountable to:
Head of Therapies
Hours:
37.5 per week
Location:
John Radcliffe Hospital