Therapy Support Worker

• Promote optimum independence through encouraging rehabilitation techniques.
• As a therapy support worker you will be a key figure in completing the day to day rehabilitation with patients under the instruction of the lead therapists. You will be required to provide feedback on patients' progress and help to ensure that they achieve their maximum potential.
• Undertake a range of delegated clinical and therapy led activities to support patients on the caseload.
• To provide safe, patient centred, effective and evidence-based clinical activities.
• The post holder will work under direct supervision and be responsible to senior therapists providing one to one and group rehabilitation.
• You will work within the Adult Service to deliver a full range of health and social care activities, both acute and long term, supported by a robust competency framework to adults within the complex assessment beds.
• You will be part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team (MDT), which includes nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other Allied Healthcare Professionals

Essential

• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team but also to act on own initiative
• Please provide an example where you have communicated effectively with patients / service users to resolve an issue
• Experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting
• Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS
• Able to communicate clearly verbal/written/electronic e.g. with people who have barriers in communication