Therapy Assistant

Job overview

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Band 3 Therapy Assistant  within our Hospital at Home Team at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic Therapy Assistant to join our supportive team.

An individual who can integrate quickly into a team setting and will support in driving service provisions.

Good communication, time management, team working skills and the ability to work under pressure, are essential requirements to this post, as well as experience of working with adults in a care setting.

The post will involve working with patients, in the place they call home, during an acute physical or medical crisis.  The role will involve supporting therapists in the management of individuals following a fall, providing therapy and care interventions and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team with tasks to support our patients to ensure we achieve Safe, Kind and Effective Care.

Main duties of the job

To support and assist therapists/nurses to carryout treatment plans and implement care plans to a designated caseload. Provide a high quality, effective therapy service to patients within their own home. Provide treatment interventions to patients with diverse clinical presentation as indicated by a qualified therapist. Feedback therapy and care interventions and concerns to a qualified therapist or nurse.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

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.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

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

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.