Healthcare Therapy Assistant Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust inAshton-Under-Lyne inAshton-Under-Lyne PUBLISHED
TUE 7 JAN 2025
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Opportunity for career growth within a multidisciplinary team, enhancing professional skills and competencies.
Flexibility in work hours, allowing for a better work-life balance with shift patterns and seven-day working availability.
Generous annual leave policy, offering 27-33 days plus bank holidays, promoting employee well-being.
Comprehensive benefits package, including the NHS Pension Scheme, sick pay, free eye tests, and health checks.
Supportive work environment focused on patient-centered care and rehabilitation, impacting the community positively.
Commitment to diversity, encouraging applications from underrepresented communities, fostering an inclusive workplace.
The Healthcare Therapy Assistant role at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton-Under-Lyne is a permanent position offering various hours and is classified as Band 2. The successful candidate will join the Stamford Unit, a 96-bed intermediate center, where they will provide care and support to patients with diverse medical needs, focusing on rehabilitation and promoting independence. The role involves working both unsupervised and under the guidance of experienced nurses and therapists while undertaking assigned tasks according to patient-centered care plans. Flexibility is essential, as shift patterns include weekends and bank holidays.
Candidates are encouraged to demonstrate commitment to excellent patient care and teamwork in a busy environment. The Trust values diversity and seeks to improve workforce representation, actively encouraging applications from a range of underrepresented communities. Benefits associated with the role include flexible working hours, generous annual leave, an NHS pension, and various health and wellbeing initiatives.
Candidates are encouraged to demonstrate commitment to excellent patient care and teamwork in a busy environment. The Trust values diversity and seeks to improve workforce representation, actively encouraging applications from a range of underrepresented communities. Benefits associated with the role include flexible working hours, generous annual leave, an NHS pension, and various health and wellbeing initiatives.
Health Care Therapy Assistant - Band 2 - Permanent- Various hours available
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and adaptable Band 2 Health Care Therapy Assistant to join the team at the Stamford Unit. The Stamford Unit Intermediate Centre comprises of 96 beds which are located on the Tameside Hospital site in Ashtonunder-Lyne.
You will work unsupervised or distantly supervised by experienced Nurses and Therapists to provide care and support with activities of daily living whilst incorporating rehabilitation to optimise the independence of the patients.
The unit offers a multidisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation of patients who have a wide range of medical conditions and different levels of need. The focus is to offer excellent care and rehabilitation in preparation for returning home safely.
If you are committed to excellent patient centered care in a busy environment and are enthusiastic about working as part of a multidisciplinary team building new skills and competencies then this could be the role for you
To aid the care and rehabilitation of patients by undertaking assigned tasks according to set protocols and patient centred care and therapy plans as identified by nursing and/or therapy staff.
To work with direct and indirect supervision, reporting back patient progress and informing of any problems.
The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly as the
post includes shift patterns and 7 day working including bank holidays.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety
Care
Respect
Communication
Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 Jan 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and adaptable Band 2 Health Care Therapy Assistant to join the team at the Stamford Unit. The Stamford Unit Intermediate Centre comprises of 96 beds which are located on the Tameside Hospital site in Ashtonunder-Lyne.
You will work unsupervised or distantly supervised by experienced Nurses and Therapists to provide care and support with activities of daily living whilst incorporating rehabilitation to optimise the independence of the patients.
The unit offers a multidisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation of patients who have a wide range of medical conditions and different levels of need. The focus is to offer excellent care and rehabilitation in preparation for returning home safely.
If you are committed to excellent patient centered care in a busy environment and are enthusiastic about working as part of a multidisciplinary team building new skills and competencies then this could be the role for you
To aid the care and rehabilitation of patients by undertaking assigned tasks according to set protocols and patient centred care and therapy plans as identified by nursing and/or therapy staff.
To work with direct and indirect supervision, reporting back patient progress and informing of any problems.
The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly as the
post includes shift patterns and 7 day working including bank holidays.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety
Care
Respect
Communication
Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 Jan 2025
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