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Therapy Senior Support Worker Hands, Burns and Plastics

Job details
Posting date: 14 May 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 13 June 2025
Location: Leicester, LE1 5WW
Company: University Hospitals of Leicester
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 7064313/358-7064313-CSI

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Summary

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.


The Hands, Burns and Plastics therapy team have would like to recruit an enthusiastic therapy support worker to the team. The team includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and therapy support workers. The work is a mixture of clinical and non-clinical duties involving both inpatients and outpatients. The team offers fortnightly in-service training and clinical supervision, and actively promotes CPD.



The successful candidate will be expected to have a caseload of outpatients delivering hand therapy, they will assist with the rehabilitation classes, and they will see inpatient plastic surgery and burns patients on the wards. Their non clinical duties will include ordering stock, checking the emergency equipment and general departmental cleaning and monitoring.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/


The candidate will be required to
• Develop, manage and maintain positive, appropriate relationships with service users, families and carers providing person-centred care.
• Understand the different influences that impact on health outcomes for service users and their families including health inequalities.
• Understand the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and seeks support from a registered practitioner when a service user signals a desire to change their health behaviour.
• Understand and demonstrate the principles of team and partnership working and is able to define own duties and role.
• Understand the role boundaries and importance of supervision and carrying out appropriate delegated tasks, ensuring timely completion.
• Provide feedback on service user progress and condition, recognise the impact of support and interventions, and suggest ideas for improvement when developing, reviewing and evaluating care plans based on objective evidence and experience.
• Use knowledge and understanding of common physical, mental and behavioural health conditions to recognise deterioration in service users. Respond by promptly escalating concerns to a Registered Health Care Professional.
• The successful candidate will be expected to work Monday to Friday, with an expectation that you will work as part of the weekend and Bank Holiday roster, taking compensatory time off during the week.

Please see Job Description for detailed responsibilities


This advert closes on Wednesday 28 May 2025

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