Senior Therapy Assistant

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.