About this role
Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Occupational Therapy (OT) Assistant Practitioners ready to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a dedicated Band 4 Therapy Assistant to join our expanding team to work.
In line with the national "Experts at Hand" (EAH) initiative, this role focuses on a highly responsive, embedded model of therapy and support. Instead of working in isolation, you will act as the accessible clinical expert directly within educational environments. You will collaborate with teachers, families, speech & language therapists, and educational psychologists to provide early, localised intervention for children with Occupational Therapy needs.
You will work alongside a Highly Specialist and a Senior OTs.
Therapy assistantpractitioners support the development of the EAH, working to embed targeted interventions and coaching teaching staff directly inside mainstream classrooms.
We look forward to welcoming you to our small but highly committed team.
Informal discussions prior to application are welcome.
Main duties of the job
The role under the guidance of the OTs involves supporting children to meet their OT needs through targeted intervention, empowering school staff to confidently support participation. independence and well-being.
Within the scope of the role the post holder will independently (unsupervised) plan and delivery individual or team tasks where the understanding of role boundaries and importance of supervision and carrying out appropriately delegated tasks and plans is essential.
This role requires understanding, and factual and theoretical knowledge of principles, policies, protocols, procedures, processes, plans and concepts in broad contexts within the area of work or defined group of patients. Although work is guided by standard operating procedures, protocols or systems of work, the post holder must to able make judgements, plan activities, contribute to service development and demonstrate self-development. The post holder may be responsible for supervision of others and delegate appropriate tasks to other non-registered staff.
The post holder will be required to complete the relevant competencies required for the post.
This is a community based role, use of your car for work is essential.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Foundation degree Health and Social care or equivalent level 5 qualification and A-Levels and GCSE's or equivalent(s) Level 2 English & Maths Care Certificate
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Essential
Knowledge of specific relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions acquired through training or experience Demonstration of knowledge of core Physiotherapy and or Occupational Therapy skills Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area Experience of multi-disciplinary assessments and record keeping Basic Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail Able to make clinical judgements without direct supervision Able to manage busy case load and prioritise Ability to work autonomously using own knowledge skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries
Experience Essential
Experience at Band 3 or equivalent within relevant therapy. NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services Experience of using /fitting adaptive equipment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Vaughan Building
Ruckhall lane, Belmont
Hereford
HR2 9RP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)