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Therapy Assistant - Band 4

Employer
Bromley Healthcare CIC
Location
Chislehurst (City/Town), London (Greater)
Salary
£22,549 - £24,882 per annum + HCAS £3,898 per annum
Closing date
3 Jul 2022

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Sector
Healthcare & Medical
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley’s community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Bromley Healthcare is a great place to work. The unique way we deliver services and offer everyone who works here a voice, means that your career with us will be rewarding. Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS (such as excellent training and development) with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Priority consideration will be given to Bromley Healthcare staff formally identified as being at risk.

Please note that for positions that require you to drive as part of your job role we will be asking for evidence of business insurance. 

 

Job overview

 

Occupational Therapy Assistant - Band 4

To be a member of a therapy team providing Occupational Therapy assessments and reviews within a high quality service to Bromley patients. The post holder will hold a small caseload and be responsible for progressing simple rehab programmes, providing basic equipment provision, Walking aid provision, mobility assessments, referring on to external support services and reviewing and discharging patients with overall supervision from a registered member of staff.  It is accepted that at times the Rehab Assistant will work without supervision, carrying out established plans of care with goals, joint working with Physiotherapy colleagues and Occupational Therapists. This role will be based in the Adult Community Occupational Therapy Team.

The post holder must have a valid driver’s license and access to their own car for work purposes.

 

Main duties of the job

 

To be responsible for own clinical caseload of patients as allocated by a qualified Occupational Therapist.

To complete new patient assessments, as deemed appropriate by the Occupational Therapist.

To carry out manual handling with patients according to Bromley Healthcare guidelines alongside qualified staff and to be responsible for the safe and competent use of manual handling equipment.

Assessment for and provision of basic equipment needs in line with competencies.

 

Working for our organisation

 

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. 

 

Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point.

 

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.

 

We are passionate about caring for our service users, and their family and friends, as well as the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we encourage all colleagues to take up the offer of the Coronavirus vaccination. The government are currently consulting on whether to continue with planned legislation that would make vaccination a legal requirement for certain roles in the health and care sector. It may become a legal requirement for some roles at Bromley Healthcare. As such, all applicants should be mindful of this when applying to join us and may be required to evidence their vaccination status prior to joining or once they have joined. This includes non-clinical roles that may have contact with patients and service users by virtue of entering our premises.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

To support patients on a one to one basis (in their own homes) using appropriate rehabilitation techniques which will include, but not be limited to:

Indoor and outdoor functional tasks

Practice of activities of daily living

Cognitive screening under the supervision of a qualified therapist

Joint visits with Qualified Occupational Therapists/Physiotherapists.

Prior to intervention, to read the patient documentation on EMIS and to review specific instructions for patients which may affect their safety or ability to participate

To determine individual patient needs prior to each contact, through discussion with the patient themselves.

To adapt or progress basic treatment programmes as required and feeding back to appropriate therapists.

Company

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme.

Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and part of the NHS family.

But we are a little different; we like to think that we stand out from typical NHS organisations as Bromley Healthcare CIC is actually a co-owned social enterprise, co-owned by its employees. This means that our staff remain on NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (providing you are eligible), if not we can offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.

What difference does this make?

Because our Nurses, therapists and support staff co-own Bromley Healthcare CIC and have a real say in how our services are run, this has created a greater sense of ownership, responsibility & motivation among our staff which in turn creates better quality for our patients & families.

If you are keen to work for a dynamic, forward thinking but different type of NHS employer then Bromley Healthcare could be for you!

From health visiting to district nursing, school nurses to specialist nurses, our nursing services help new parents to care for new born children and older people to continue living at home through care and support. We also have a wide range of therapy services for adults and children, including speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy whilst our specialist services focus on preventing diseases and supporting those living with specific conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or diabetes.

 

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