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Job Description
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- NVQ level 3 or willingness to work towards
- Willingness to progress through Assistant Competencies
- o Experience of working in a health care setting with service users with a mental health impairment
- Understanding of safe manual handling techniques to lift / maneuver people using the service and equipment during treatment sessions.
- Previous healthcare experience
- Good interpersonal skills
- Reasonable level of fitness
- Confident in water
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
- NVQ level 3 or willingness to work towards
- Willingness to progress through Assistant Competencies
- o Experience of working in a health care setting with service users with a mental health impairment
- Understanding of safe manual handling techniques to lift / maneuver people using the service and equipment during treatment sessions.
- Previous healthcare experience
- Good interpersonal skills
- Reasonable level of fitness
- Confident in water
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Knowsley Community therapy service, for a band 3 therapy assistant that will support the Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Assistant practitioners within the team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic,adaptable and committed individual to join our team.
The post holder will provide therapeutic input to patients working with patients who require rehabilitation with the aim of increasing their independence in their own home. The post holder will work directly with patients following rehab plans set by therapists and supporting with daily therapy expectations. Currently we are looking for 22.5hrs however there may be opportunities to increase the working hours in the future.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the therapy assistant within the knowsley community therapy team will be;
- assisting therapist with assessment and treatment plans
- delivery of treatment plans under guidance from therapist, but not always alongside the therapist
- support with admin tasks (equipment ordering etc)
- be flexible within the needs of the service
- engage in supervision / PDR
- support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners
Please note this not an exhaustive list of duties
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Details
Date posted
07 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
350-CC7051377-A
Job locations
V7 buildings
King's business park
Prescot
L34 4PJ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description.
The main role of the therapy assistant within Knowsley intermediate care will be;
- assisting therapist with assessment and treatment plans
- delivery of treatment plans under supervision
- support with admin tasks (equipment ordering/ audits etc)
- be flexible within the needs of the service
- engage in supervision
- support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners
Please note this not an exhaustive list of duties
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description.
The main role of the therapy assistant within Knowsley intermediate care will be;
- assisting therapist with assessment and treatment plans
- delivery of treatment plans under supervision
- support with admin tasks (equipment ordering/ audits etc)
- be flexible within the needs of the service
- engage in supervision
- support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners
Please note this not an exhaustive list of duties
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Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Values
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Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Values
Essential
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
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
V7 buildings
King's business park
Prescot
L34 4PJ
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
V7 buildings
King's business park
Prescot
L34 4PJ
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.