Living Well Therapy Assistant

Band 3 Living Well Therapy Assistant based at Sobell House (22.5 hours a week) Fixed Term contract for 1 year. The Living Well service aims to enable and empower individuals to live well by equipping them with skills and knowledge to help them achieve their goals and to live day to day with a sense of purpose and wellbeing. We are seeking an enthusiastic, energetic, creative and proactive Living Well Therapy Assistant to join the Living Well team at Sobell House. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the other members of our multidisciplinary team, to provide creative activity, rehabilitation and a range of wellbeing focused support to patients and their carers attending the Living Well service., 1. To work as an integrated part of the multi-professional team in the Living Well Service. 2. To plan, organise and facilitate a range of creative activities and craft projects within Living Well Service unit enhancing the patients and carers experience. 3. To ensure that specialist skills, creativity and experience are used to encourage patients and carers to find and express their own creativity. 4. To assist the Living Well team with a range of duties relating to patient care and service delivery. 5. To work alongside the MDT in providing assessment, intervention and rehabilitation to patients attending the Living Well Service. 6. To contribute to the development of Living well Service. 7. To maintain stock of creative activity materials and therapy equipment.

We're looking for a creative individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a team player committed to collaborative working with patients and colleagues. You will help the team to deliver patient centred care, focusing on improving mental and physical well-being. You will plan and organise a range of creative activities and craft projects and contribute to the development of the Living Well service.,

• Proven educational standard to GCSE in English and Math's (or the equivalent)
• To have (or be working towards) NVQ 3 or equivalent training
• Experience of working, within a Health or Community services setting, with adults with a range of illnesses or disabilities, Experience of the adult client group
• Some understanding of Health and Community Services
• Ability to work with patients at end of life.
• Appropriate enthusiasm for engaging patients in creative activities and rehabilitation.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

In return we will be able to offer a supportive and friendly working environment, with access to teaching and clinical supervision. Please note there may be occasions where cross cover is required at Katharine House hospice so some travelling may be required. The service is open Monday to Thursday, staffed flexibly to cover the service from 08:00-16:00. Please give us a call to find out more