Rehabilitation Co-therapist

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Full time
Main area: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Grade Band: 3 Contract: Permanent (Internal rotation) Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 350-MHC6849195 Site: Sid Watkins building, Aintree hospital site Town: Liverpool Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum Salary period: Yearly Closing: 29/12/2024 23:59 Interview date: 15/01/2025 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel. Job overview

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre is a Headway Accredited Service and strives to deliver perfect care for the people we serve. We are seeking to recruit a highly enthusiastic and motivated person, who has a positive and forward-thinking attitude towards working with service users who have an acquired brain injury and present with cognitive, behavioural, and emotional problems. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team which includes a Psychiatrist, Psychologists, Physiotherapist, OT’s, Speech Therapist, Social Worker, and Nursing Staff. Main duties of the job

To provide care for adults with an acquired brain injury in an inpatient rehabilitation setting. Assist therapy team with the delivery of rehabilitation programmes. Help facilitate patients engaging in prescribed rehabilitation programmes. Help patients maintain safety by carrying out prescribed supportive observations. Escort patients in the local community as part of their rehabilitation programme. Escort patients to appointments at other hospitals or clinical facilities. Complete NEWS 2. Report to Nurse in Charge, medical staff, or therapy staff as appropriate. Act as witness to medication. Support patients to engage in both therapeutic and recreational activity. Facilitate patients’ access to food and drink and document same. Assist in the monitoring of patients’ sleep patterns and document same. Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Contribute to the delivery of a planned programme of care under the direct supervision of the qualified nurse. Carry out individual rehabilitation programmes as defined by the team, under supervision or direction. Report general observations and provide feedback to the qualified nurse both verbally and in written formats. Carry out physical aspects of rehabilitation under the direction of the physiotherapist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, and/or nurse as required. Assist the qualified nurse to administer medication to service-users. Maintain accurate charts that contribute to the assessment of a service-user's physical condition. Contribute to the development of risk management plans for service users. Escort service users, as directed by the qualified nurse. Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

NVQ Level 2 / 3 or willingness to work towards. Good standard of education. KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

An understanding of diversity and how it affects practice. Previous experience of working within a team. Experience of working in a care setting. Experience of individuals with Mental Health problems. Experience/understanding of working in a rehabilitation setting. Knowledge and understanding of acquired brain injury. VALUES

Accountability Support Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Skills

Able to communicate effectively. Understanding of issues of confidentiality. Ability to work as a member of a team. Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude. Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified nurse. Flexibility. Ability to build compassionate and effective relationships. Documentation and recording skills. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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