Senior Allied Health Professional Clinical Support Worker in Barnstaple

Do you want to make a difference by enabling patients to improve their independence and achieve their rehabilitation goals? Are you keen to learn and develop skills? This is an exciting opportunity to join the Therapy Department at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Therapy Clinical Support Worker, working alongside Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

You will support patients through assessment, rehabilitation and discharge plans. Some of the areas of work are:

• Completing delegated tasks.
• Gathering information about home circumstances.
• Supporting patients to progress towards their rehabilitation goals including mobility, transfers, activities of daily living including personal care.
• Using and ordering equipment.
• Supporting with group work.

The role offers excellent experience and career development opportunities. Within the Therapy Department, we nurture a workforce of home-grown talent and are proud of the many staff who began their careers as Therapy Clinical Support Workers and progressed into other specialist or registered therapy roles.

This post is across the Trauma and Elective Wards which includes the Orthopaedic Supported Discharge (OSD) service. A significant part of the role may involve working with the Orthopaedic Supported Discharge Team, supporting patients within their own homes to facilitate safe and effective recovery following hospital discharge. The OSD caseload includes working with patients with a fractured femur, poly trauma injuries and occasionally those undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery.

This post is based within the specialist Neurorehabilitation Service, supporting patients following a stroke and with other neurological conditions. The team work across inpatient, Community and outpatient settings. You will work within an integrated Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team supporting patients based on the inpatient Stroke and Neuro Ward (Staples Ward). The team provides specialist, evidence-based neurorehabilitation, assessing and supporting patients' physical, cognitive and functional abilities. Rehabilitation includes intensive therapy programmes, ward-based gym activities, specialist rehabilitation equipment and group therapy sessions.

You will join a friendly and dedicated team who are committed to rehabilitating patients, preventing admissions, promoting health, wellbeing and independence. Guided by experienced members of the Therapy Team, you will be supported through a structured development pathway with access to learning and development opportunities that will help you build your knowledge, skills and confidence.

Are you able to:

• Demonstrate experience in Health Care, have transferrable skills into Therapy?
• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist?
• Work effectively as part of a team?
• Listen to patients and support them with their goals.
• Learn with enthusiasm and a positive attitude?
• Work flexibly and adapt to a busy working environment?
• Take responsibility for your work and organise your day effectively?
• Understand the importance of professional standards and behaviour?
• Safely assist with the therapeutically handle patient in relation to assessment, treatment and rehabilitation activities?
• Communicate with the appropriate response and manner to both patients, carers and family members during emotional times?

An opportunity is available to work in a development post from a Band 2 to a Band 3 role, subject to successful completion of the required competencies.

Working Pattern: Full and part time hours available. As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

About Us: Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities. Our values are at the heart of everything we do.

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey. Looking after you is important to us. We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team. This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit. You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter.
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme.

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.