Band 4 Therapy Assistant- Community Rehab and Falls Service • London Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nBand 4 Therapy Assistant- Community Rehab and Falls Service with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, England, United Kingdom\n\nThe Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service (CRAFS) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 4 Therapy Assistant for a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. This is a great opportunity for an existing Band 3 looking to progress or for an existing Band 4 to gain experience working in the community setting. CRAFs provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults living in the community who have had a change in function caused by falls, long term conditions such as arthritis, surgical procedures, illness or injury. We specialise in falls prevention and offer a variety of strength and balance exercise programmes across Lambeth and Southwark to address this. Your role in CRAFS will be varied. You will be supporting the person- centred rehabilitation of patients in their homes by delivering exercise programmes and practising tasks such as walking. You will also have opportunities to run strength and balance exercise classes and support our award- winning “strength and balance helpline”, conducting telephone assessments to assist our falls prevention work. You will also carry out some administrative tasks to support the team. The role includes partnership working across community teams within the Integrated Local Services directorate and other agencies within primary and secondary health and social care. The post holder will be part of a dynamic team which provides staff with a supportive and friendly working environment. Applicants should have experience of delivering rehabilitation to adults and older persons with a variety of needs, with support from qualified therapy staff. The post holder will be required to take part in service developments and show flexibility when adapting to and supporting change. Excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise your workload are essential. Having a Later Life Postural Stability Instructor qualification is desirable for this post, but not essential. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. The Integrated Local Services directorate provides a range of community and inpatient health services for adults within the communities of Lambeth and Southwark, with some services also provided in Lewisham. Our hospital- based inpatient and outpatient services provide care for adults from across the region. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs. We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Bradfield Job title: Clinical Specialist Email address: kate.bradfield@gstt.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07795151454 For further information please contact Kate Bradfield, Clinical Specialist Mob: 07795 151 454 Email: kate.bradfield@gstt.nhs.uk or Sara Galli, Band 7 physio Mob: 07724426172 Email: Sara.Galli@gstt.nhs.uk"}