Senior Therapy Assistant

VerseOne Group; Basildon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Therapy Assistant (Band 3) for Respiratory Inpatients at Basildon Hospital. The role supports inpatient physiotherapy, handling equipment coordination and basic clerical duties, under supervision of therapists.

Applicants should have background in healthcare or therapy settings; explicit professional qualifications are not required as training will be provided. Closing date is 20 October 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer care or frontline service.
• Experience as a therapy assistant or similar role in healthcare.
• Experience delivering education to groups or patients.

Responsibilities

• Handle administrative tasks and record-keeping for the department.
• Write into medical notes (paper/electronic) with clear, accurate entries.
• Assist qualified therapists in delivering therapy services on wards.

Skills

Customer care

Therapy assistant

Healthcare experience

Group education

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 20 October 2026

Senior Therapy Assistant - Band 3 - Respiratory Inpatients

Are you looking for a career in Therapy Services? Then we have exciting news for you.

You will be part of our inpatient physiotherapy team, supporting the work of the therapists and assisting in the management and co-ordination of patient equipment. This role involves working closely with patients in an inpatient setting under the guidance of a qualified therapist.

Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a therapy service, hospital, or care environment, however no professional qualifications are required and appropriate instruction and support will be provided.

Please note no VISA sponsorship available for this role.

Main duties of the job

There will be administrative tasks and record keeping to be maintained as part of this role.

This role requires good communication and interpersonal skills in addition to basic computer and email skills. You would be required to write directly into the medical notes (paper and/or electronic) and so a good standard of written work is essential. It is a busy but friendly working environment and you will need to be resilient, flexible and organised.

Your work will be directed and supervised by qualified therapists.

You will assist the qualified therapists in delivering an excellent therapy service to patients on the medical wards at Basildon Hospital.You will contribute to the assessment, education and treatment of patients both individually and in groups.

You will undertake general departmental duties such as cleaning, collation of statistical information and ordering equipment.

You will undertake clerical and administrative tasks as necessary to maintain the smooth running of the department.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person Specification

Education

• Maths and English GCSE grade C and above (or equivalent)
• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application

Experience

• Experience of working with people in customer care service
• Experience of working as Therapy assistant
• Experience of working in healthcare
• Experience of talking/providing education to groups

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)