Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our dynamic and friendly inpatient Acute Occupational therapy team as a Therapy Assistant based at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

Joining the Trust as a Therapy Assistant is a great way to begin your career in the NHS. It offers valuable experience and various apprenticeship routes are available to develop through to careers in our therapy professions. Our Therapy assistant staff are highly valued members of our team who help us to provide quality care for our patients.

We are a Teaching hospital committed to the development of all staff. You will receive training and support to develop your professional, personal and clinical skills through clinical supervision, training and development reviews.

You will be required to work alongside qualified Therapists but also work independently managing your own patient caseload. You must have great communication and time management skills.  Computer skills are essential as you will be accessing patient details. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to understand the patients’ needs and motivate them throughout their journey is an essential part of this role.

In this role you will be joining our established Acute inpatient Therapy Team in order to provide a seamless therapy service for our patients.

If you are caring, hardworking, self-motivated and able to motivate others and wish to be part of our team, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To assess, plan and provide Therapy intervention for patients in an acute medicine and surgery in-patient setting.
To work within agreed guidelines, protocols/competencies
To assist in the delivery and organisation of Therapy services within the specialty.
To undertake specific clinical responsibilities or quality improvement projects supporting the overall delivery of therapy services
To work independently with some patients being the first contact from the Occupational Therapy Team

For full details, please see attached job description & person specification

The ability to work flexibly, over 7 days is essential.

Working for our organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000.  Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.   
 
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way.  We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.   
 
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
 
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
 
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
•    Extensive range of learning opportunities
•    NHS Pension Scheme
•    Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
•    Comprehensive health and wellbeing support 
•    NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
•    Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers