Senior Therapy Assistant

Job overview

Working Full time or Part time hours

We are delighted to offer an engaging career opportunity within the Hospital at Home team. If you’re eager to make a real difference and thrive in a dynamic community environment, this role could be perfect for you.

We are looking for a motivated Senior Therapy Assistant to join our friendly Hospital at Home Team, delivering acute therapy services within the person's own home.

Your role will involve assisting with patient assessments, focusing on optimising function and daily activities following an acute deterioration in function. You’ll work closely with our multidisciplinary team to provide optimal treatment for people within their own home.

This position covers a 7-day service from 8am to 8pm, offering you the chance to be part of a supportive team dedicated to excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

As part of the team, you will assist therapists with their patient caseload, as well as help with essential administrative and housekeeping duties, keeping our service running efficiently and making a positive impact every day. You will apply your organisational and clinical skills to manage work and respond to service needs. Using your clinical expertise and strong communication, you will adjust care as necessary and refer appropriate patients to community services, for ongoing community input.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.