Therapy Assistant

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Full time
Location: Nottingham
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Job offered by: jobs24.co.uk
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To support patients with more complex needs with supervision and direction from a qualified Occupational Therapist. To undertake administrative duties as requested to support the allied health professional services. To be responsible for the co-ordination and sharing of activity timetables for the ward. To provide autonomous assessments and interventions for own designated caseload of patients who have routine clinical needs that follow agreed pathways of treatment. Take the lead in designing and implementing individual and group activities to provide structure on the ward, including the therapeutic program for the school holidays. Attend and effectively contribute to regular meetings, including:

Monthly staff business meetings Weekly Team meeting CPA meetings Quarterly OT Forum

Ensure effective and defensible documentation to professional and Trust standards. Promote a positive and efficient image of the service within own and wider team. Provide effective advice, information, and support for patients, carers, and those involved in the child/young person's care. Ensure staff, patients, and carers are aware of your role. Overcome barriers to communication by altering style and format.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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