# Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sirona care & health CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sirona care & health CIC
- **Location:** Cossham Hospital, Lodge Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS151LF, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Therapy assistant
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 18.75 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T06:01:38.868Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Bristol/Sirona_care_health_CIC/Rehabilitation_Therapy_Assistant/Rehabilitation_Therapy_Assistant-v8325925
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8325925?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://sirona-cic.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are excited to offer this opportunity for a Band 4 Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant role, working with our South Gloucestershire Physiotherapy team, based at Cossham Hospital.

- You will be responsible for assisting the team in providing a high standard physiotherapy service by implementing treatment programmes using a range of exercises and physiotherapy techniques as delegated by a registered professional
- You will be required to organise and run exercise groups under the supervision of registered clinicians
- This role is also responsible for providing clerical and administrative support to the team.

### Main duties of the job

- To carry a caseload and implement treatment plans as delegated by a registered physiotherapist assessing patient progress and reporting back to the physiotherapist; this may be in a variety of settings without direct supervision of a physiotherapist.
- To progress/regress exercise programmes as appropriate, recognising your scope of practice and liaising with the referring physiotherapist as appropriate.
- To provide appropriate holistic advice to patients to promote self-management and improve prognosis.
- To deliver groups, including ESCAPE-Pain, with a group of patients, with or without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist;
- In the absence of the delegated physiotherapist to be the first point of contact for any enquiries, which would then be escalated to an appropriate registered professional as required;
- To be responsible for the issuing, ordering and training in the safe use of physiotherapy equipment and aids for patients.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application.

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### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with adults in a health and social care setting
- Able to maintain own caseload and treat patients with simple predictable conditions, as delegated by the physiotherapist and prioritise appropriately in order to meet deadlines, sometimes with minimum or no immediate supervision
- Ability to progress (and/or make minor adjustments to) prescribed treatment plans, when appropriate, by using own clinical judgement and knowledge within agreed parameters
- Ability to work effectively and contribute as a member of a multi-therapy and multi-disciplinary team

**Desirable**

- Previous experience as a therapy assistant in rehabilitation
- An understanding of the law surrounding data protection and confidentiality

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Minimum of Level 3 (equivalent to NVQ level 3) exercise professional plus evidence of knowledge of specific MSK conditions acquired through training or experience
- Qualifications in English and Maths GCSE A-C or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Sports/science therapy degree (this does not need to have been completed in addition to the Level 3 exercise qualification)

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 224.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10658220)
- [employees benefits (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2102)
- [application guidance (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2466)

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