Home First Health and Therapy Assistant

Haringey GP Federation; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a compassionate and skilled Health and Therapy Assistant. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to provide direct care to patients in their homes. Responsibilities include assisting with rehabilitation, patient assessments, and recording care details. Ideal candidates should be willing to learn and adapt within a flexible 7-day service environment, ensuring high-quality care. This position offers varied experiences across community health settings.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development

Accredited Living Wage Employer

Qualifications

• Willingness to develop knowledge and skills to deliver high standards of care.
• Awareness of own competency and adherence to policies.
• Ability to work part of a 7-day rota.

Responsibilities

• Work with a multidisciplinary team including nurses and therapists.
• Report incidents involving patients to qualified professionals.
• Record patient information under supervision.
• Participate in clinical supervision sessions as directed.
• Assist patients with rehabilitation and daily activities.

Skills

Compassionate care

Teamwork

Patient assessment

Job description

The Home First Service provides clinical interventions (including intravenous therapy), by a team of Nurses, Paramedics, Physio and Occupational Therapists alongside reablement support following an assessment of needs, to support Pathway One discharges following a hospital admission.

Operating 365 days per year, the service receives referrals from a range of health and care professionals and triages, assesses, and delivers care to the patient over several days to ensure the patient can remain safely at home.

As a Health and Therapy Assistant the post holder is to work across the disciplines of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy, carrying out assigned tasks involving direct care to patients as part of the community based multi-disciplinary team. This role will involve working with patients in their homes within the policies,proceduresand philosophy of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, in support of and supervised by registered nurses and therapies staff.

The post holder will be aware of own competency and be willing to develop knowledge and skillsin order todeliverhigh standardsof care to patients. The post holder will be expected to work as part of a 7-day a week rota.

Main duties of the job

To work in a multidisciplinary team with qualified nurses, therapists, social workers, medical and other support staff.

To report all incidents/accidents involving patients and staff to a qualified health professional and toassistin any enquiries.

Toassistin the on-going recording of patient information under the supervision of qualified Staff.

Toparticipatein clinical supervision sessions as directed.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and well-being.
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex.
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement.
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities.
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff.
• Cost‑effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton.
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief network.
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust.

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

1. To undertake in-house ,across disciplinary training, induction and assessment in practical nursing, physiotherapy, occupationaltherapyand other professional related practice.

2. To carry out care of patients in their own homesin accordance withindividual nursing,anks? etc..

3. To assist the multidisciplinary team in delivering high quality individualised care to patients with a focus on rehabilitation and improving function and independence with activities of daily living

4. To assist the Home First based therapy team to implement treatment plans in patients own home which could involve supervision of exercises and indoor or outdoor mobility practice, Transfer practice, washing and dressing, and kitchen observations, interviewing to gather background information and visits to patients property under the guidance of a qualified Therapist.

5. To assist with provision of assistive/mobility and ADL equipment.

6. To observe patients' performance and report in writing on SystmOne (S1) and verbally to the registered professional who holds responsibility for the delegated care.

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