CEW Therapy Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to work within theComplications of Excessive Weight (CEW) therapies team within Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital. The role will involves completing a range of assessments and interventions to children and young people with medical conditions, particularly those with excessive weight. You will assess and develop appropriate exercise prescription programmes for children under the care of the CEW MDT and develop individual/ group exercise sessions depending on individual patient need whilst liaising with the wider MDT. A key part of your role will be to co-ordinate and deliver educational talks and interactive sessions to patients/families and Alder Hey Staff. As a Band 4 Therapy Assistant you will provide support the new Alder Active programme helping to deliver exercise sessions to patients safely & effectively in a variety of environments.

• To complete exercise testing with patients to monitor improvements in their fitness levels.
• To develop innovative ideas for encouraging patients to participate in rehabilitation programs and overcome their barriers to exercise.
• improve and promote staff knowledge surrounding health and well being and how to embed conversations about weight and physical activity into routine care.
• To uplift Trust staff knowledge and contribution to raising awareness of, and knowledge of physical activity, healthy weight and health diet, referrals to weight management and signposting to activity advice/services
• To support with managing and maintenance of accurate databases and data collection for patients within the service.
• To support with the Alder Active Programme with wider Health Promotion and supervising sessions.
• To link with community provisions and external partnerships (for example Liverpool Football Club Foundation) and facilitate the transition of the child and young adult into community programs.
• To support children and young adults engaging with the CEW service and monitor engagement over an extended period including follow up appointments and review.
• To liaise with and report to Specialist Physiotherapist and attend regular supervisions.

As a leader in child healthcare and research, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust provides care for more than 275,000 children and young people each year, making us one of the biggest and busiest children’s hospitals in Europe. This care is delivered not only on our main site in Liverpool, but in patients’ homes and communities, and at other hospitals across the North of England.

Our state-of-the-art hospital, on our main site in Liverpool, opened in October 2015. It set a new benchmark within the NHS and won many prestigious industry awards. Buildings, however, are only as good as what happens inside them.

Our highly professional, skilled staff include some of the best clinicians in their field in the world. This expertise is combined with a care and compassion, evident in all of our staff, that our patients and families tell us is unique. This dedication and passion for putting our patients at the heart of everything we do has helped us to achieve a rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - England’s independent regulator of health and social care - of

‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ in the category of ‘Caring’. This is something that we’re proud of, but it’s something that wouldn’t have been possible without our staff.

• To complete exercise testing with patients to monitor improvements in their fitness levels.
• To develop innovative ideas for encouraging patients to participate in rehabilitation programs and overcome their barriers to exercise.
• improve and promote staff knowledge surrounding health and well being and how to embed conversations about weight and physical activity into routine care.
• To uplift Trust staff knowledge and contribution to raising awareness of, and knowledge of physical activity, healthy weight and health diet, referrals to weight management and signposting to activity advice/services
• To support with managing and maintenance of accurate databases and data collection for patients within the service.
• To support with the Alder Active Programme with wider Health Promotion and supervising sessions.
• To link with community provisions and external partnerships (for example Liverpool Football Club Foundation) and facilitate the transition of the child and young adult into community programs.
• To support children and young adults engaging with the CEW service and monitor engagement over an extended period including follow up appointments and review.