Band 4 - Therapy Technician - North Middlesex

North Middlesex University Hospital (North Mid) are searching for a passionate and experienced Band 4 Therapy Technician to join their highly skilled Inpatient Rehabilitation, Reablement & Recovery team based at Chase Farm Hospital. Please note that you may be required to work at another site – Magnolia unit, St Michael’s site or any other location of the Trust's interests.

North Mid provides both hospital and community care, helping to keep people in the best possible health at every stage in their lives. Its maternity, children, and adult services span a range of medical and surgical specialities and its adult and children’s emergency departments are among the busiest in London. North Mid is also proud to offer one of the largest services in the UK dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of red cell haemoglobin conditions, including sickle cell disease and thalassaemia syndromes.

JOB SUMMARY

The post holder will be an integral member of the Inpatient rehabilitation team & MDT. This service provides short term Inpatient nursing and therapy services to patients admitted for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery promoting independence and encouraging integration back to the community. The post holder will provide therapy assessments and interventions within the remit of their role to inpatients under the supervision of the senior therapy clinicians within the team.

The post holder will support the therapy team take short term responsibility for the effective planning and delivery of care to patients alongside other team members and in communication with other MDT colleagues. The post holder will be required to support the delivery of rehabilitation and recovery programmes including individualised and group based therapeutic sessions and education/enabling programmes and to visit patients in their own homes to carry out prescribed treatment and assess for and provide appropriate mobility aids and equipment directly or by prescription.

The post holder will work alone with access to a qualified therapy team member for support and supervision as required and will be expected to use a degree of initiative while working within the parameters of the team’s policies and procedures. The post holder may be required to work at various sites as part of the role to support Inpatient services, including out in the community in people’s homes and be part of a 7-day therapy service as directed by the Integrated Therapies Lead. This is a summary of the main areas of the job and will be subject to periodic review in conjunction with the post holder.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To undertake clinical work delegated by the qualified therapy staff including Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist and at times by a Speech & Language therapist & Dietitian.
• To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients.
• To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of ward based therapeutic activities - individual & group based.
• To contribute to all stages of the therapeutic process including:

• Information gathering through liaison with clients, their informal carers, and colleagues from health and other agencies.
• Completing simple assessments, through interview and observation of functional tasks.
• Provision of aids and equipment.
• Identifying needs and forming goals and plans for interventions.
• Completing a wide range of interventions including: giving therapeutic advice; mobility, transfers, functional, ADL based rehabilitation programmes, enabling self-management of conditions through patient and carer education, home assessments and home-based therapy programmes, equipment assessment, prescription and safe use within the ward based as well as home environment.
• Evaluating patient progress through regular re-assessment and ensuring continuous progression by graded activity through a 1:1 or groups-based approach.
• Contribute to formal therapy assessments and provide feedback.
• Review of patients after completion of minor adaptations to home environment.
• Discharge planning including completion of appropriate referrals and reports, home visits and follow up visits as directed by the qualified therapy staff.

Requirements

• Must have previous experience as a Therapy Technician.
• Experience of working without direct supervision.
• Effective listening & communication skills to support patients who may be agitated or distressed or who may have communication difficulties.
• Ability to use own initiative within role.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to work demands and recognise the need to support other team members.

We are so grateful for the commitment and devotion of our Bank Staff, so are pleased to offer the following benefits:

• Flexible working hours
• Weekly salary
• Staffing Bank workers can contribute to their NHS pension
• Priority of shifts over all agency workers
• Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.