# Rotational Therapy Assistant Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-therapy-assistant-practitioner/9c187103-4c0c-4835-941b-5c75837ed975 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-therapy-assistant-practitioner/9c187103-4c0c-4835-941b-5c75837ed975.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-05-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T14:31:04.626Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/OccupationalPhysiotherapy/OccupationalPhysiotherapy-v8025803 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8025803?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of the most forward thinking, innovative and proactive Therapies teams in the East of England! This role will be working with the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams across the Colchester Hospital Site. It offers the opportunity to rotate within therapies to clinical specialties such as Respiratory Medicine, Surgical wards, Critical Care, Stroke Unit, Orthopaedics: Trauma and Elective, Medical wards,  and Older peoples services. We are also proposing to extend our rotational scheme to our community hospital sites in the near future. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Therapy assistant to work with the team to assess, treat and complete referrals for a wide variety of patients. You should have experience of working in rehabilitation ideally within an NHS setting, be enthusiastic and keen to work with the Therapies team to provide an excellent service. You will need to have good communication and organisation skills, be a team worker and able to use your own initiative. The ideal candidate would be educated to Foundation degree/ level 5 Qualification in Healthcare / Sport and Exercise Science or similar. You will be supported by qualified therapists, working within a competency framework and will be given all necessary training for the job. You will manage your own workload and participate in team and service development. You will be expected to work weekends, approximately 1 in 5, as part of our 7 day service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of the most forward thinking, innovative and proactive Therapies teams in the East of England! This role will be working with the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams across the Colchester Hospital Site. It offers the opportunity to rotate within therapies to clinical specialties such as Respiratory Medicine, Surgical wards, Critical Care, Stroke Unit, Orthopaedics: Trauma and Elective, Medical wards, and Older peoples services. We are also proposing to extend our rotational scheme to our community hospital sites in the near future. ## Job Description We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Therapy assistant to work with the team to assess, treat and complete referrals for a wide variety of patients. You should have experience of working in rehabilitation ideally within an NHS setting, be enthusiastic and keen to work with the Therapies team to provide an excellent service. You will need to have good communication and organisation skills, be a team worker and able to use your own initiative. The ideal candidate would be educated to Foundation degree/ level 5 Qualification in Healthcare / Sport and Exercise Science or similar. You will be supported by qualified therapists, working within a competency framework and will be given all necessary training for the job. You will manage your own workload and participate in team and service development. You will be expected to work weekends, approximately 1 in 5, as part of our 7 day service. ## Responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of role of Physiotherapy and / or Occupational Therapy - Knowledge of basic rehabilitation assessment and therapy interventions, exercise prescription and monitoring ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working as a physiotherapy and/or Occupational therapy assistant. **Desirable** - NHS experience in any clinical role ### Quaification **Essential** - GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths or equivalent - Level 3 Qualification in Health and Social Care OR Foundation degree (Level 5) / BSc (Level 6) in Healthcare or Sports Science - Care Certificate **Desirable** - Associate membership of CSP/ RCOT - GCSE grade C/4 or above in a science subject ### Personal Skills **Essential** - Ability to work across a 7 day shift pattern and all ESNEFT sites in North East Essex - Effective communication skills – verbal and written English, and ability to adapt communication style to patients needs. - IT skills **Desirable** - Experience of using NHS clinical systems - e.g. EPIC / Systemone - Experience of managing own time / delegated caseload ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 315.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [job description & person specification (doc, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10312717) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.