Senior Therapy Assistant

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join their integrated Therapy Team. This role involves providing patient assessments, rehabilitation, and assistance with discharge planning within a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications, and experience in health or therapeutic settings, and will work flexibly across a variety of specialities including surgery, orthopaedics, and medicine. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high standards of patient care.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in health, therapeutic, rehabilitation, or social care settings.
• Knowledge of therapy assessments and interventions.
• Ability to manage a caseload without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely assessments and rehabilitation for patients.
• Support with discharge planning and administrative duties.
• Work flexibly across various patients and working environments.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Adaptability

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Education

3 A-Levels or equivalent level 3 qualification

Achievement of national Care Certificate

Job description

Senior Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 10 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join our forward-thinking and dynamic integrated Therapy Team on a number of wards in one of the following specialities: surgical, orthopaedics or medicine.

You will work within an integrated model of care to provide timely assessments, rehabilitation, and support with discharge planning for our patients.

You will gain experience of working in a busy and pro‑active environment where evidence‑based practice is embedded and joint working, service development and CPD is encouraged.

We are looking for individuals who work well as part of a team and can contribute to innovative ideas on clinical pathways and can help drive forward excellence.

You must be adaptable to working with a range of patients and working environments with a flexible approach to the delivery of care. This must include a willingness to adopt working patterns that include weekends and public/bank holidays which may form part of your contracted hours or may include working additional hours.

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will work as part of the Integrated Therapy team, in the speciality of surgery, medicine or orthopaedics.

You will provide interventions for a delegated caseload of patients, with support and supervision of a qualified therapist, undertaking administrative and stock control duties as requested to support the Integrated therapy services.

Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website.

As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

Learn more about us in ourCandidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• 3 A-Levels or Health and Science T-Level or equivalent level 3 qualification(s) and Functional Skills (level 2) Or - as a level 3 apprenticeship, such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship (or other level 3 qualification pathway)
• Achievement of national Care Certificate or willingness to work towards

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Experience in health, therapeutic, rehabilitation and or social care setting
• Knowledge of therapy assessments and interventions
• To have awareness of own limitations
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience dealing with confrontation
• NHS experience
• Evidence of clinical skills competencies
• Evidence of therapy skills competencies

Skills & Abilities

• Able to work on own initiative
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing needs of clients, team and service, and to work over 7 days
• Able to travel across sites and community to meet patient needs, and to access training and attend meetings
• Able to teach new skills
• Good organisational skills
• Computer skills including use of emails
• Ability to manage own caseload and work without direct supervision

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust