Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner

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Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Derby is looking for a motivated Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner to support the Trauma and Orthopaedic team. You will work within a multidisciplinary setting, providing essential care to patients undergoing orthopedic procedures. The role requires excellent communication skills, NVQ Level 3 qualification, and previous experience in acute care. Join us in making a real difference to our community by providing exceptional care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Therapy Assistant in an acute inpatient setting.
• Minimum NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification.
• Ability to handle a varied clinical caseload.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and treatment of patients with various conditions.
• Leading discharge planning for elective hip and knee joint replacements.
• Undertaking preoperative assessment and education classes.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

NVQ Level III in Health & Social Care

Job description

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (will include early evening and 1 fixed weekend day weekly as core hours) Job ref 320-CDCS-3664

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby hospital Town Derby Salary £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata/pa Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 01/07/2025

Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Band 4

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy team at Royal Derby Hospital are looking to appoint a motivated Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner with a passion for acute orthopaedic care. The team are striving to deliver comprehensive care to an ever developing arthroplasty pathway at the Royal Derby Hospital

Applications are invited from those with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and previous experience as an Therapy Assistant within an acute inpatient setting setting. Candidates are required to hold an NVQ level 3, Level 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker apprenticeship and/or relevant Therapy Band 3/4 competencies. It is essential to hold a full driving licence to support equipment visits using a trust vehicle.

As a Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner you will hold a varied clinical caseload in an acute multidisciplinary setting and lead on discharge planning of elective hip and knee joint replacement patients. You will receive cross speciality competency based training though previous experience of delivering therapeutics to patients with Orthopaedic presentations is essential to this role.

You will have the opportunity to undertake preoperative assessment, lead group education classes as well as hold a ward-based caseload.

The service operates a 7 day service and flexibility is required to work a set pattern of hours that includes extended hours in the evenings and one day every weekend for which enhancements are payable.

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and treatment, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions.
• Cross Therapy competency working to provide holistic care on our elective orthopaedic arthroplasty pathway.
• Close MDT working and discharge planning in a high-pressured environment.
• Contribute to supporting student Therapists on placement
• Undertake 1to1 pre op assessment and group education classes

Closing date - 17 June 2025
Interview date - 01 July 2025

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Education

• NVQ Level III or equivalent qualification in Health & Social Care

Experience

• Previous acute setting experience as a Health Care Assistant.
• Previous experience of working as an Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy assistant
• Evidence of working with Medical patients
• Previous experiences as an Assistant Practitioner role
• Experience working clinically within Trauma and Orthopaedics

Communication

• Effective oral and written communication skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Elective Orthopaedics and Therapy role within this acute setting.
• Therapy based orthopaedic specific training evidenced in application

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

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Application numbers

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please ensure that you had read the Job Description and Person Spec and that you meet the criteria before applying.