Job requirements
Essential
29 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Professional appearance
- Other
Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments.
- Other
Able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
- Other
Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
- Other
Be reliable
- Other
UK driving license and have access to a vehicle
- Other
Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
- Experience
Experience of working with people, in the statutory/voluntary/private sector
- Experience
Experience of working with people at the End of life
- Experience
Literacy skills
- Experience
Evidence of ongoing learning
- Communication
Tact & diplomacy
- Communication
Empathy & sensitivity
- Communication
Ability to use own initiative
- Communication
Able to communicate effectively using the English language in both verbal and written forms
- Qualifications
NVQ 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience
- Personal Atributes/Behaviours
Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
- Personal Atributes/Behaviours
Able to show initiative
- Personal Atributes/Behaviours
Able to work alone
- Personal Atributes/Behaviours
Assertive
- Personal Atributes/Behaviours
Good listening skills
- Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
- Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Good communication skills
- Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Highly motivated
- People and Personal development
Ability to manage stressful situations
- People and Personal development
A team player
- People and Personal development
Awareness of own limitations
- People and Personal development
Good organisational skills
- People and Personal development
Open to change and development
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working in people’s homes
- Qualifications
NVQ 3 in care
- Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Knowledge of multi-disciplinary team roles.
- Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Experience of working in a community setting
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the first Community Trust to be awarded “Outstanding” in a recent CQC inspection? Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are an integrated NHS and social care Trust offering opportunities for a band 3 Therapy Assistant.
We would welcome applicants with a “can do” attitude who reflect the values (compassion, creativity and community) and behaviours of the organisation.
We are keen to enable our patients to achieve optimum function and independence and quality of life. You will play a key part in this along with your nursing and therapy colleagues. To assist you with this you will receive support and development through in service training, annual appraisals, a personal development plan and regular management and clinical supervision.
You must be self-motivated, able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills and have good communication skills.
Please do contact us to discuss this opportunity further.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based on Foxley Ward, Dereham. You will work as a member of the therapy team on the ward where you will support the registered Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. Your main duties will involve reviewing mobility, transfers, personal activities of daily living and exercise programmes as appropriate. You will be responsible for feeding back details of each patients progress to other members of the therapy team.
NCHC have electronic patient records and therefore there is an expectation to use a computer on a daily. You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will work Monday - Friday on a 21-bedded inpatient unit in Dereham, to deliver high standards of rehabilitation alongside their wider team.
Please see the attached job description for more information.
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.
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This advert is for Therapy Assistant with East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust in St Ives, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Therapy assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Oct 2026.
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