Band 4 Generic Therapies Assistant - Acute Frailty (AFTT)

An exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant in our Acute Frailty Therapy Team (AFTT) at Queen's Hospital in Romford, Essex.

The Team works closely with the larger Multidisciplinary Team including Geriatricians and FOPAL Teams to care for acutely unwell frail patients attending the hospital and through collaborative decision making with our colleagues we facilitate safe and rapid discharge from hospital. We are based in Queen's Frailty Unit, Medical Receiving Unit, and Elderly Short Stay Ward in Queen's Hospital., To provide skilled routine, and non-routine, clinical and technical support to the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy team and clerical staff associated with the team.

To accept patients allocated by the Therapists, assess and treat according to protocols and guidelines. To monitor patient progression and make alterations to intervention as required.

To work independently, with access to direct supervision as required. To maintain close communication with the team to facilitate patient care.

To organise and participate in the team induction and in-service training programmes. Routinely providing in-service training to team colleagues.

To carry out other duties deemed necessary by the Lead Clinician in discussion with the post holder to ensure adequate provision of service.

As a Therapy Assistant in this large and busy team you will be required to communicate well and be confident to work within guidelines and protocols. You will be working under the guidance of physiotherapists and occupational therapists within the team, following direct instructions. Often, you will also need to work independently and report back your findings. Experience of working in a healthcare at Band 3 or above is required. Working in this fast-paced environment, you will have the opportunity to expand your clinical skills and knowledge.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.