Therapy Assistant

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic Therapy Assistant to provide support to our community therapy team based in Northwich. The team is made up of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants. The post holder will work closely with the CCICP multi-disciplinary team based at Northwich Infirmary and also with equipment suppliers. The post holder will assist the therapy staff in providing a high quality of assessment, intervention and patient centred care for patients within their home across the Northwich area.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and diligent applicant to support the therapy team with assessments, ongoing patient treatment and ordering and monitoring of equipment. The post holders main role will be to carry out treatments in patient’s home independently once assessed by a qualified member of staff. This will also involve the assessment and ordering of equipment when needed. There will be smaller elements of admin, stock organisation and cleaning of equipment.
The post holder will be required to escalate any changes and concerns, and complete timely documentation. Lone working is essential in this role as is the ability to drive and own a car.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
To carry out specified interventions and programs under the direct supervision of a qualified clinician.
To report progress/ concerns/ changes of patients during the implementation of planned interventions and programs.
To work with an individual in a variety of settings appropriate to the patients need.
To keep up to date patient records of interventions
To know and follow the lone working policy.
To be responsible for the maintenance, cleaning, monitoring and loan of equipment, maintaining its security at all times and keeping accurate records as required.
To be responsible for ordering and stock control of materials and equipment as required.
To support administrative and housekeeping duties as required

Please refer the Job description for details