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Therapy Technician - South Bristol Community Hospital
| Posting date: | 28 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8HW |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6325668/387-DT-5080-MF |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Therapy Technician to join the Therapy Outpatients Team at South Bristol Community Hospital (SBCH). This is a permanent, part-time post (30 hours per week).
You will support the delivery of Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physiotherapy to outpatients attending for falls & frailty or neuro therapy at SBCH. This post will be supported by the integrated therapy team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and another B4 Therapy Technician.
You will work without direct supervision to deliver therapeutic assessment and intervention with patients in 1:1 and group settings. Your patients will have a mix of conditions as you will be supporting both the Neuro and Falls & Frailty pathways who are based in SBCH. We are a small but supportive team with decades of combined experience! We are looking for a reliable team worker to join the team permanently in order to support us to continue to deliver excellent rehabilitation to our patients.
Job Purpose
• Working with both Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists the Technician will assist with the assessment, implementation of treatment programmes and management of patients seen by the outpatient therapy team. Overall responsibility for the therapy management of the patient remains with the registered therapists.
• The post-holder will work under the direct or indirect supervision of a registered therapist and will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation service for patients.
• The post holder will deliver a defined range of activities, which will include an element of problem solving and use of initiative usually within a written plan as part of an integrated pathway.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Jun 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Therapy Technician to join the Therapy Outpatients Team at South Bristol Community Hospital (SBCH). This is a permanent, part-time post (30 hours per week).
You will support the delivery of Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physiotherapy to outpatients attending for falls & frailty or neuro therapy at SBCH. This post will be supported by the integrated therapy team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and another B4 Therapy Technician.
You will work without direct supervision to deliver therapeutic assessment and intervention with patients in 1:1 and group settings. Your patients will have a mix of conditions as you will be supporting both the Neuro and Falls & Frailty pathways who are based in SBCH. We are a small but supportive team with decades of combined experience! We are looking for a reliable team worker to join the team permanently in order to support us to continue to deliver excellent rehabilitation to our patients.
Job Purpose
• Working with both Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists the Technician will assist with the assessment, implementation of treatment programmes and management of patients seen by the outpatient therapy team. Overall responsibility for the therapy management of the patient remains with the registered therapists.
• The post-holder will work under the direct or indirect supervision of a registered therapist and will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation service for patients.
• The post holder will deliver a defined range of activities, which will include an element of problem solving and use of initiative usually within a written plan as part of an integrated pathway.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Jun 2024
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