Therapy Support Worker: Parkinson's Therapy MDT

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further details about the post

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE (A-C) English and maths or equivalent
• Working towards or achieved NVQ level 3 or equivalent in health related subject.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience as a therapy or rehab assistant
• Previous experience of working in the NHS or a care setting

Communication & relationship skills

Essential criteria

• Effective written, verbal and listening communications skills.
• The ability to communicate with patients who have communication difficulties.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Awareness of professional behaviour and issues of confidentiality/data protection.

Planning and Organisational skills

Essential criteria

• Organisational and time management skills
• Skills in prioritizing work tasks

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Physical ability to undertake manual and therapeutic handling of patients and/or equipment on a daily basis in a variety of environments
• Basic computer skills
• Flexible working schedules including participation in weekend rosters where required

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

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