- The spasticity service provides specialist multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment, advice and information to adults with spasticity in a wide variety of complex, permanent, progressive and non-progressive neurological conditions.
- The team comprises of Consultant Neurologists and Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine, Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioners, Highly Specialised Physiotherapists and Administrative support.
- The team is based at Queen Marys hospital Roehampton, St Georges hospital and offers outreach services within SWL.
- The HCA/Clinic Assistant role is essential to the smooth running of the Spasticity Service.
- The post-holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and have responsibility for providing a high quality administrative and clinical service to the Spasticity Service.
- They will ensure a smooth and efficient service for both the multidisciplinary team and patients, to deliver a positive patient experience.
- They will provide patients with a primary point of contact between the multidisciplinary team and their colleagues, patients, relatives, and GPs, providing relevant information and assisting with queries.
- They will coordinate care associated with patient pathways, including bookings, and solving queries that arise.
- They also are responsible for offering clinical support to the members of the multidisciplinary team including preparation of patients for intervention therapy and assisting with procedures. This might include help with toileting, hoisting, undressing/dressing, and handling patients during procedures such as botulinum toxin injections.
St Georges, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St Georges Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Mar 2025
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