Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews are currently looking for a Therapy Assistant.
Location: Ballymena
Contract Type/Length: Locum ongoing contract
Pay Rate: £15.53 per hour (Assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Therapy roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a Therapy Assistant and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Therapy Assistant provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Main Duties:
- Working in close liaison with the Physiotherapist, the postholder will help to provide a high quality Physiotherapy service in the Northern Health & Social Care Trust. The post may involve work across trust sites and in the community.
- Within his/her scope of practice, the postholder will independently work with service users allocated by the Physiotherapist and plan review interventions; including providing advice and assistance to carers.
- The postholder will lead and assist with exercise groups which may including fitness sessions, rebound therapy, hydrotherapy, chair based exercises and walking groups. The postholder will be enthusiastic about promoting physical activity in their service area.
- The post holder will assist the Physiotherapist to provide therapy for clients. This will include manual handling of patients who may have complex disability and challenging behaviour.
- The postholder will carry out administrative, clerical and housekeeping duties.
- Manage in close liaison with supervising therapist a caseload of clients who require specialist Physiotherapy intervention; many of these individuals will have multiple pathology, physical disability, mental health problems and challenging behavior.
- Work without direct supervision in hospital and community settings.
- To regularly monitor service users’ progress and report to the Physiotherapist any changes in their condition or variation in expected outcome from treatment and be able to recognise when a Physiotherapist’s opinion is required.
- Within scope of practice, undertake health screening assessments of service users prior to them completing exercises, and by using assessment techniques, analytical and clinical reasoning skills understand when exercise is contra-indicated.
- Formulate and deliver individual physical activity programmes (e.g. exercises, exercise classes).
- Be able to use appropriate outcome measures and goals of treatment agreed with the individual and/or carers.
- Monitor, review and evaluate effectiveness of treatment/physical management programmes, adapting them as necessary
- Assess for and prescribe mobility aids or equipment and assist/advise in the supply and maintenance of other equipment and facilitating access to appropriate services as required (e.g orthotist clinics).
Requirements of the Therapy Assistant
- Recent experience within Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
- NHS experience would be advantageous but not essential
We welcome applications from Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Assistants within different services as we have other roles available within the NHS and private sectors.
Contact: This Therapy Assistant job is advertised by Ray Deb; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Assistants (Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7 and above!) within different services as we have other roles available within the NHS and private sectors. Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this physio role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
