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Job summary

Main area
Therapies
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
28 hours per week (To be discussed at interview)
Job ref
423-7110842
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale NHS foundation trust
Town
Steeton
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 Pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/06/2025 23:59

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Senior Therapy Assistant - Children's Therapies (Band 3)

NHS AfC: Band 3

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic senior therapy assistant to join the Childrens therapies service at Airedale General Hospital on a fixed term contract for 12 months, working in the Physiotherapy , Occupational therapy  and Autism assessment teams

The post holder will be responsible for activities delegated to them and will work mainly without direct supervision but will have immediate access to a clinician for advice and direction as required.

Therapy assistants in  Childrens therapies work in the Child Development Centre,  other health sites, in schools and nurseries,  and patient homes.. 

Assistants are expected to continually improve their knowledge and skills and develop collaborative working relationships with therapy colleagues to enhance patient care. Duties are varied and include some  direct patient contact, administration  and housekeeping tasks.

The post holder will be expected to have a level 3 QCF/Diploma/NVQ qualification in health and social care, or equivalent relevant education qualifications. . They will  understand the principles of therapeutic input, and have experience of working with children and young people

Main duties of the job

Independently undertake basic  interventions 

Provide clinical administration support 

Support therapists with complex cases

Work in partnership with patients, carers, the multi disciplinary team and wider  services.

Participate in activities to improve  services

Assist with general  housekeeping of equipment and accommodation

Work flexibly according to patient and service needs

 

Working for our organisation

We want all our staff to embrace our ‘Right Care’  Values and Behaviours

 Childrens Therapies  is an inclusive, friendly  and flexible service for both patients and staff. 

 Our core  services  are  Mon - Friday  8-5 pm 

 We are a mixed  team of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists , Psychologists  and  our support workers. We have a dedicated admininstration  team , and we work closely with  our paediatricians, dietitians  other health colleagues and in partnership with  parents, carers, early years, education and  voluntary sector .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Please give us a call or drop us an email  to arrange to speak more about the role

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria
  • Car driver
  • Ability to show initiative and problem solve
  • Confidence and competence in verbal communication - face to face and telephone

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of safeguarding
  • Understanding of the roles of physiotherapists and occupational therapists
  • Knowledge of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of SEND
  • Understanding of own development needs

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent, relevant experience of working in a clinical / educational support worker role
  • Experience of working with children and young people aged 0 - 19 years
  • Experience and confidence in use of IT applications - Word, Excel, Databases, Email
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of undertaking delegated tasks independently
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
  • Experience in use of Electronic Patient Records

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSEs or equivalent in English and Maths at grade C /4 or above.
  • Relevant A level ,BTEC, QCF or equivalent level III qualification or above
Desirable criteria
  • Other Courses/ study with relevance to the job role

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann Jourdain / Debby Marshall
Job title
Therapy team lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 292821
Additional information

Contact Childrens Therapies services 

01535 292821

[email protected]

 

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