# 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/therapy-assistant-practitioner/d023ba67-d325-4a22-80a6-6a0d580cb013 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/therapy-assistant-practitioner/d023ba67-d325-4a22-80a6-6a0d580cb013.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Woodbridge Integrated Neighbourhood Team - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T14:29:36.563Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8228834 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8228834?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Woodbridge Community Team. We are looking for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner who is passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated to delivering high quality care within patient’s homes. This is a full-time permanent contract, with pattern of work to be negotiated. We are fortunate enough to be co-located with our nursing and social care colleagues. This is an opportunity to work within a knowledgeable experienced team and wider MDT. You should be flexible, motivated and willing to work within a changing environment. We will provide support through in-service training and professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings as well as clinical rolling skills training via the practice development facilitators. We facilitate students on training and have close working relationships with neighbouring community teams in Health and Social Care. https://sway.cloud.microsoft/3tndXp5oQxjhGyiT?ref=Link ### Main duties of the job We are committed to patient centred care in the right place, at the right time and provide a comprehensive supervision and training programme with career progression opportunities within the clinical and managerial fields. The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area. Main Responsibilities: - To provide high standard patient care in patients homes - To ensure a more seamless flow for patient care between hospital and community settings, enabling patients to be cared for in their own home environment ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of specific treatment protocols for a wide range of health and social care conditions - Able to maintain clinical records and complete basic reports. - Ability to provide and receive complex and sensitive information - Ability to exchange condition related information with multidisciplinary team, patients and carers - Health & Safety and risk awareness - Able to evidence ability to plan, prioritise and maintain own clinical caseload. - Knowledge of role of therapy in Acute and Community Care - Able to demonstrate role and duties to multidisciplinary community team colleagues. - Able to delegate appropriate aspects of patient care to other support workers **Desirable** - Understanding of the role and application of occupational therapy and physiotherapy - Knowledge of occupational therapy (OT) and physiotherapy (PT) within the Community or Acute care settings - Experience of group work with patients - Ability to plan and deliver range of prescribed interventions - Ability to prescribe and implement care programmes to facilitate timely discharge for patients - Ability to support specialist OT / PT input to care programmes for complex patients as directed - Understanding of the issues around hospital throughput especially around admission avoidance and early discharge - Understanding of reablement in the ward and community setting ### Experience **Essential** - Experience as a Therapy assistant or experience at a similar level in a related field of health care / health and fitness sector - Demonstrable experience of delivering tailored personal care with an associated level of senior responsibility - Knowledge of medical conditions and functional needs within community setting or similar context - Completion of Integrated Therapies assistant core and/or specific competencies **Desirable** - Knowledge of community resources and whole systems/ pathways approach to care - Experience of working across and liaising with variety of teams. - IT literate ### Qualifications **Essential** - Can demonstrate intermediate level of theoretical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills acquired through coursework, in-house training and experience to NVQ Level 3 level or equivalent **Desirable** - Membership or special interest in a community care and integration - Assistant member of Professional group such as CSP or BAOT or working towards this ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](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) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [job description & person spec (pdf, 288.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10538382) ## 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.