Band 3 Therapy Support Worker - Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 3 Therapy Support Worker to join our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be cross site working and heavily involved in the coordination and running of Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes across our hospital and community venues.

The post is open to applicants with the relevant skills to join our Multi-disciplinary team of Physiotherapists Occupational Therapists and Respiratory nurse specialists, support workers and admin staff. The team fosters a strong emphasis on collaborative working to promote exercise and wellbeing to patients with chronic respiratory conditions in a variety of settings.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Candidates need to have the relevant experience and be highly motivated. The post holders will have excellent communication and IT skills, a flexible approach and the ability to work autonomously as well as in a team across multiple agencies. Excellent organisational and time management skills are also essential.

Although service delivery is 5 days a week, the post holder is expected to support the future plan of a 7 day rota.

The role requires the post holder to be a car driver with use of a vehicle for business purposes.

We are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and maths

Able to demonstrate competence in maths and written and spoken English

Educated to A Level / NVQ 3/ BTEC or equivalent (e.g NVQ 2 or similar vocational qualification PLUS experience working in a care setting)

Care certificate or be willing to work towards this

Experience

Essential

Relevant therapy / health / social care experience

Experience of dealing with people

Experience of working in a team

Can demonstrate a broad understanding of relevant areas of therapy, the effect of illness/critical conditions / disability on function and health and basic aims of rehabilitation

Good understanding of the role of therapy support worker in the relevant area

Relevant therapy / health / social care experience

Experience of dealing with people

Experience of working in a team

Can demonstrate a broad understanding of relevant areas of therapy, the effect of illness/critical conditions / disability on function and health and basic aims of rehabilitation

Good understanding of the role of therapy support worker in the relevant area

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

Emily Fanthorpe 

Emily.fanthorpe@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214245033