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Therapy Assistant Sheffield, England

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Full Time Sheffield, England 22816 - 24336 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established orthopaedic, burns, plastics, and limb reconstruction therapy team at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

You should be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role. You should share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

You will be a key member of the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams, who provide care to children in both an in and outpatient setting. The BOPP’s team are a large experienced, friendly, supportive, compassionate, and forward-thinking team, and you will gain a wealth of knowledge, skills, and experience through working with them and with a diverse patient group.

You will be responsible for carrying out direct patient contact under the supervision of a qualified professional, maintaining and ordering a range of equipment, maintaining patient databases, and working in a range of inpatient, outpatient, and clinic settings in a rapidly changing environment. You will be flexible, organised and have great interpersonal skills.

To provide specific skilled support to qualified physiotherapists and occupational therapists by assisting in the assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to the service.
To work under the indirect supervision of a qualified therapist.
To independently carry out planned activities of daily living and rehabilitation to individual children.
To provide support in the sourcing and provision of equipment and assistive aids
To undertake appropriate administrative, clerical and housekeeping duties.

Sheffield Children’s is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.

We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision “to create a healthier future for children and young people.”

Outstanding patient care
Brilliant place to work
Leader in children’s health

Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.

We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working,

CLINICAL

To provide assistance to all aspects of the inpatient and outpatient services within the clinical specialities of Orthopaedics, Burns and Plastics, PLRS and Spinal surgery either independently or in conjunction with a qualified therapist.
To assist qualified therapists in the physical assessment and treatment of children and young people.
To manage a personal caseload of children as delegated by the qualified therapist.
Following instructions from a qualified member of staff to independently execute a treatment programme with a child using a variety of activities to support the child's independence and rehabilitation e.g. bath and toilet transfers, dressing and use of assistive equipment.
To be responsible for decision making during treatment following agreed protocols or guidelines from qualified staff.
To recognise when a child needs re-assessing and / or treatment programmes need changing and communicate with qualified staff accordingly.
To possess a basic understanding of illness and disability, safety issues, treatment techniques and the ability to recognise the effectiveness of therapy intervention and the skill to refer back to a qualified therapist.
To acknowledge any limitations in competence when accepting assigned duties from qualified staff.
To attend and assist qualified professionals in assessing and managing specialist seating / wheelchair provision and other specialist equipment.
To assist qualified therapists in the sourcing, assessment and ordering of disability equipment.
To maintain high standards of housekeeping, orderliness, cleanliness and infection control measures for therapy equipment; including toys and assessment equipment.
To be responsible for maintaining equipment, including basic safety checks in order to ensure safe and appropriate refurbishment of equipment.
To possess a good understanding of safety and legal issues as applied to the provision of equipment for the management of disability or dysfunction.
To be responsible for receiving and passing on information within the multi-disciplinary team. This includes the handling of confidential and sensitive information.
To communicate effectively with children and families. This includes significant explanation of tasks requiring persuasion and encouragement which is appropriate to the age and understanding of the child. It may also require overcoming barriers to communication e.g. to parents / children whose first language is not English.

PROFESSIONAL

To undertake risk assessments on a daily basis, for example; work space, equipment, patients and self, using judgement skills to make the necessary adjustments in line with health and safety regulations.
To accurately document and record basic data related to patient activity, equipment supplied and clinical observation.
To comply with the Health and Safety at work regulations and all other health, safety and security standards in accordance with Trust policies.
To treat as confidential information obtained during the course of duties undertaken.
To be responsible for and maintain own continuing professional development.
To participate in the staff appraisal scheme and maintain a personal development plan.
To attend and participate in the Trust mandatory training plus departmental in-service training.
To adhere to departmental and Trust policies and procedures.

ORGANISATIONAL

To manage own workload and priorities as delegated by the qualified staff.
To contribute to the development, implementation and promotion of departmental and Trust policies and procedures.
To ensure effective use of time, resources and organisational skills in order to promote an organised and efficient working environment.
To undertake appropriate administrative and housekeeping duties to promote good practice and efficient organisation of the department.

For full details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert [email protected]

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care

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