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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
About
On 1 January 2025 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became one of the largest trusts in the UK following the acquisition of North Middlesex University Hospital.
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation. Welcome to the Royal Free
Therapy Technician
Closed for applications on: 31-Jul-2025 08:42
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 31-Jul-2025 08:42
Key details
Location
- Site
- Capetown & Canterbury wards
- Address
- Highlands Wing , Chase Farm Hospital , The Ridgeway
- Town
- Enfield
- Postcode
- EN2 8JL
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Participate in the 7 day therapy provision rota
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Be part of the therapy 7 day working service including weekends)
Salary
- Salary
- £32,199 - £34,876 including HCAS per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Inpatient bedded rehabilitation
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
Band 4 Therapy Technical Instructor
Are you an experienced therapy assistant with an interest in inpatient rehabilitation? Consider joining our friendly and forward thinking team where you will be supported by experienced physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to develop/ enhance a range of generic rehabilitation skills and competencies to assist with the treatment of our adult inpatients.
This post is for Capetown & Canterbury wards on the Chase Farm Hospital site and there is potential for rotation to our sister unit – Magnolia just a short distance away on the St Michael’s site.
Capetown ward provides inpatient rehabilitation and short term health stepdown for adults and older people presenting with a variety of clinical conditions including after Orthopaedic surgery, decreased mobility after a fall, exacerbation of a long-term condition, recovery from acute medical problems and deconditioning following an extended hospital stay. Many of our patients have multiple pathologies and complex needs that require comprehensive assessment and close working with the multi-disciplinary team to support recovery and discharge planning.
Our therapy services are supported by senior therapy clinician as well as an Integrated Therapy Lead . This is an exciting time to join us as we integrate rehabilitation services across our wards to develop a streamlined patient pathway including offering a 7 day service.
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The post holder will be an integral member of the Inpatient rehabilitation team & MDT.
This service provides short term Inpatient nursing and therapy services to patients admitted for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery promoting independence and encouraging integration back to the community. The post holder will provide therapy assessments and interventions within the remit of their role to inpatients under the supervision of the senior therapy clinicians within the team.
The post holder will be required to support the delivery of rehabilitation and recovery programmes including individualised and group based therapeutic sessions and education / enabling programmes and also to visit patients in their own homes to carry out prescribed treatment and assess for and provide appropriate mobility aids and equipment directly or by prescription.
The post holder will work alone with access to a qualified therapy team member for support and supervision as required.
The post holder may be required to work at various sites as part of the role to support Inpatient services , including out in the community in people’s homes and also be part of a 7-day therapy service as directed by the Integrated Therapies Lead.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To undertake clinical work delegated by the qualified therapy staff including Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist and at times by a Speech & Language therapist.
· To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients.
· To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of ward based therapeutic activities- individual & group based.
· To contribute to all stages of the therapeutic process including: -
o Information gathering through liaison with clients, their informal carers, and colleagues from health and other agencies.
o Completing simple assessments, through interview and observation of functional tasks.
o Provision of aids and equipment
o Identifying needs and forming goals and plans for interventions.
o Completing a wide range of interventions including: - giving therapeutic advice; mobility, transfers , functional , ADL based rehabilitation programmes, enabling self-management of conditions through patient and carer education, home assessments and home based therapy programmes, equipment assessment, prescription and safe use within the ward based as well as home environment.
o Evaluating patient progress through regular re-assessment and ensuring continuous progression by graded activity through a 1:1 or groups based approach.
o Contribute to formal therapy assessments and provide feedback.
o Review of patients after completion of minor adaptations to home environment.
o Discharge planning including completion of appropriate referrals and reports, home visits and follow up visits as directed by the qualified therapy staff.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant qualification e.g. Health & Social Care NVQ 3 or equivalent.
- Training courses relevant to care group Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy , Inpatient, ward based.
- English qualification at GSCE or equivalent level
Desirable criteria
- Speech and Language Therapy related training
- work based training courses - Communication and patient safety
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience working within a rehabilitation setting, delivering care to patients with physical or mental problems
- Evidence of working with and caring for adults either in an acute / intermediate care wards or community NHS setting
- Understanding of therapy outcome measures and assessment tools
- Knowledge of the ranges of equipment relevant to clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of electronic patient records software - use of Careflow/ EPR/ RIO
- Experience of working in a team
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously & set own priorities
- Therapy rehabilitation skills- Physiotherapy , Occupational therapy
- Ability to organise & respond effectively to complex information
- Negotiation skills - with a range of people including patients and colleagues
- Word processing and PC skills
- Ability to recognise and work with diversity
- Reflect & critically approve own performance
Desirable criteria
- Speech & Language therapy related skills
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to build effective working relationships
- Organisational skills , effective time management
- Willingness to undertake further training and develop clinical skills and competency relevant to the role.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate a positive attitude to change
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence
- Car owner/driver and able to use vehicle for work purposes
- Be part of the 7 day therapy service working weekends
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kavita Shastri
- Job title
- Magnolia unit manager & Integrated therapies Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974878754
- Additional information
Molly Moruzzi , Team Lead occupational therapist, Capetown & Canterbury wards, [email protected]
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