Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Early Intervention Team

Job overview

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner to work within the Early Intervention Therapy Team (EIT) at Cambridge University Hospitals.

You will work alongside the EIT Therapy team to provide appropriate therapy assessments and treatments for patients with acute and long term conditions such as, but not limited to, stroke, falls, neurological conditions, trauma / fracture management, acute MSK conditions and patients with highly complex needs.

You will be responsible for supporting and working alongside EIT Therapists to provide a high standard of assessment, advice and evaluation of patients to formulate appropriate plans of care for patients discharged into Community settings and refer on to appropriate MDT members for patients admitted to the hospital setting.

If some patients were deemed appropriate by the EIT Therapy team, you may be expected to complete simple mobility assessments and collect collateral information with the aim of admission avoidance and early supported discharge. You will be expected to manage your own caseload under the guidance of a qualified Clinician.

The EIT Therapy team are dynamic and are constantly looking at ways to improve the service. They work very closely with members of the Multidisciplinary team and are constantly collecting data with the aim of service improvement.

Administrative responsibilities will be required within this role to support qualified Therapists.

Main duties of the job

Support and assist the Early Intervention Team with admission avoidance and early supported discharge in the Emergency Department and Emergency Short Stay areas.

In addition, you will work closely with Frailty Specialist Nurses, Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

Provide a high standard of assistance to Therapy staff (Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists) in order to support admission avoidance and early mobility where appropriate.

This role is paramount in supporting patient flow throughout the Trust and provides the opportunity to work with the MDT and our service partners in best practice, while providing expert advice on the management of patients with complex discharge planning needs.

You will be a key resource to the MDT supporting patients and their families with decisions around discharge, completing appropriate onward referrals to ensure their care needs will be met safely, and supporting ward staff with the preparations of discharge.

EIT is a very proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Frailty Specialist Nurses and Discharge Planning Specialist Nurses. EIT is well respected and has been acknowledged for providing Admission Avoidance, early supported discharge and proactive Frailty screening. EIT works in the Emergency Department including short stay areas, Urgent treatment Centre, and Medical Assessment Units.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 16th February 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 2nd March 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.