# Senior Therapy Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-therapy-assistant/198ff2ea-9930-4d70-98dd-c98486b47d53 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-therapy-assistant/198ff2ea-9930-4d70-98dd-c98486b47d53.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Therapy assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pa/ pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent: 7 day working - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week (7 day service) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-07T00:03:32.524Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Integrated_Care_Team_Therapy/Integrated_Care_Team_Therapy-v8160140 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8160140?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen within Integrated Care Team -Therapy for Band 3 Senior Therapy Assistant in the West of Sheffield. The Therapy Team assess and offer person centred rehabilitation for people referred from various sources: the Hospital, GPs, District Nurses, other Health and Social Care teams. ICT Therapy treat people from the age of 16 to older adults with a variety of conditions and therapy needs in their home environment. Senior Therapy Assistants work with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, to carry out rehabilitation programmes and manage their own patient caseload. They are supported by the team and have regular training and supervision. The successful applicant should have extensive and relevant experience of working in rehabilitation in the NHS, have NVQ III in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Care or Health and Social Care (with therapy specific units) or equivalent qualifications or experience. The applicant must have daily access to a car and have a valid driving license. This is a seven-day service and covers weekends and Bank Holidays. ### Main duties of the job To assist the interdisciplinary team in the provision of patient centred care. To implement packages of care and rehabilitation programmes in the community and complete patient records. Undertake assessment of patients within departmental guidelines. To assist the interdisciplinary team in maintaining an efficient working environment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ### 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** - Relevant experience of either, working in rehabilitation in NHS e.g. as a therapy assistant or a rehabilitation assistant/ assistant practitioner or another rehabilitation setting - To have worked independently managing own patient/client list. - Experience of liaising with other agencies, services and professional colleagues. **Desirable** - To have worked in the community setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to GCSE grade C/4 or above in English and maths or equivalent qualification /experience. - Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care/ OR diagnostic and therapeutic support or equivalent relevant qualification /experience. - Demonstrate commitment to life long learning via personal development file. **Desirable** - IT training/qualifications or equivalent ### Special skills **Essential** - Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to an alternative means of transport. ### Further Training **Essential** - Be able to assess, implement and assist in rehabilitation programmes - Good verbal and non-verbal communicator with the ability to motivate people. - To understand and practice confidentiality - To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature of the work. - To have prioritisation skills to independently manage own workload. - Flexible to meet the needs of the service - Computer literate ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460806) - [person specification (pdf, 32.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460807) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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.