Therapy Assistant | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Winchester, SO22 5DG |
| Company: | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6191295/251-FSCC9959-C |
Summary
Excitingopportunities have arisen within the Acute Team at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person who wants to work within a team whose priority is to rehabilitate patients back to their maximum functional ability to join our team in Winchester.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in a variety of clinical settings including: Surgical wards, medical wards, and elderly care, providing rehabilitation programmes and enabling patients to be discharged from hospital as soon as possible. The work can be physically demanding but is very rewarding.
You will receive on the job training based on a structured competency framework, and will be well supported by qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
We are looking for candidates with good communication skills and the ability to motivate patients and who ideally have previous experience of working with people in an enabling or caring environment, although this is not essential and can be discussed at interview.
The successful candidates will need to be a manual car driver and be prepared to work in a flexible way. We cover a 7 day service so regular weekend working will be required.
We encourage candidates to come and have informal visits.
Within the acute team at RHCH/BNHH we cover the following specialties:
1. ICU and surgery (general/vascular)
2. Front Door (ED, Acute Medical Unit)
3. General medicine (Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Cardiology)
4. Elderly medicine/Frailty
We are a friendly, dedicated, enthusiastic team working to ensure we improve the lives of the population we serve. We are committed to supporting professional development, with a strong supervision structure in place. Hampshire Hospitals NHS foundation Trust places a strong emphasis on supporting staff to be the best they can be in order to deliver their vision of outstanding care for every patient
About us
Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust is happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024
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