Generic Support Worker

Are you enthusiastic and forward thinking about therapy? Do you want to work for a Trust that values AHPs and their contribution to the patient journey and holistic care?

This is an exciting time for our organisation, as we have received substantial investment to further develop our services. Check out our therapy video link to gain an understanding of our department and values.youtube.com/watch?v=6qULP8MTMSY

This post presents an exciting opportunity to work in the Acute Surgical Therapy Team, delivering services to patients within elective and emergency surgeries of vascular patients, upper and lower Gastrointestinal, urology and gynae.

The post-holders will work closely with the therapists and nursing staff to assess and treat patients within agreed protocols, ensuring that each patient’s individual plan of care and therapy is met.

We can offer you opportunities to engage in research, training, coaching and career development. We have links to the local higher education institutions, and have also developed local learning opportunities. In particular, we offer an excellent‘AHP Future Leaders Programme’, which has been praised by Suzanne Rastrick, Chief AHP Officer.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ceLt96vGM

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has an active ‘Improving Working Lives’ team who offer a range of services and activities to support staff an encourage health and well-being of our workforce.

To liaise with the therapist as necessary regarding patient care. In particular highlighting any variations to patient complexity and expected outcomes from treatment programmes you deliver.

To support patients, carers, staff and relatives by providing education and advice as appropriate under the instruction of therapists.

To participate in & provide clinical treatment & rehabilitation programmes, following professional assessment and guidance. These may relate to all areas of mobility, transfers, personal and daily living, lower limb prosthetics, cognition, visual, perceptual, and sensory rehabilitation.

To fully participate in the inter-professional evaluation of the rehabilitation programme, to ensure patients meet their on-going health & wellbeing needs.

To have an understanding of surgery and common conditions resulting in admission to hospital, such that you are able to explain to the patient, carers etc the effects and rehabilitation needs associated with these.

To demonstrate an understanding of medical conditions the concepts underpinning the prescribed treatment programmes to enable you to instruct, advise and guide patients. To make the appropriate adjustments independently and be able to communicate any changes to patients and prescribing staff within scope of practise. This may include areas of work requiring physical effort or intense concentration, with regard to risk, health & safety.

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

To assist in the development of Therapy Services by supporting Therapists in the assessment and treatment of patients and the day-to-day running of the therapy environment.
To accept patients referred by an Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist, the multi disciplinary team and carry as own patient caseload. Treat patients according to set treatment protocols, monitoring patient progression, make alterations (within protocols
and scope of practice) to patient treatment programmes as required.
Work unsupervised regularly, reporting back patient progress and informing therapists of any problems.
For a defined and delegated group of patients - to undertake the assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills. To use clinical reasoning, and utilise a range of assessment and treatment skills and options to formulate treatment programmes.