Senior Therapy Assistant

Job overview

Do you want to be part of an innovative cardiac, pulmonary and respiratory therapy service offering the highest quality care for patients?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Therapy Team at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital for a Therapy Assistant.

The role does include clinical, administrative and clinical audit duties and therefore good technology and communication skills are essential

The ideal candidate will have experience working within therapy rehabilitation.

We very much look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

To complete admin tasks to support the running of the team.

To complete data inputting and outcoming of appointments using the hospital computer systems in a timely manner.

To support with setting up the gym / therapy area.

To establish a therapeutic relationship with patients under the direction of the registered therapists.

To report back to supervising staff regarding the individual needs/abilities of patients.

To liaise with members of the MDT and external agencies to ensure the effective management of patients care

To accept responsibility for delegated workload and manage own time effectively.

To record and report findings accurately and in a timely manner according to standard procedure.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please see attached Job Description.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are reached.