Senior Therapy Assistant

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Job summary

An NHS Trust in Sheffield is looking for a part-time Senior Therapy Assistant to join its community therapy team. The role involves delivering rehabilitation programmes and working closely with occupational therapists and physiotherapists to support patients and improve their independence. The position offers a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional development, and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths or equivalent.
• Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care required.
• Demonstrated commitment to life-long learning.

Responsibilities

• Assist the interdisciplinary team with patient-centered care.
• Implement rehabilitation programmes and complete patient records.
• Assess patients within departmental guidelines.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Rehabilitation Techniques

Education

Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care

GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths

Job description

Main area Community Health Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Monday - Friday Rota for weekend 1 in 6) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with weekend working 1 in 6) Job ref 190-0295-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Firth Park Clinic Town Sheffield Salary £24,625 - £25,674 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 15/07/2025

Senior Therapy Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Would you like to work in the community? Do you want a new challenge? Come and join our Integrated Care Team –Therapy.

We have a part -time (3 day) Senior Therapy Assistant vacancy to work in a community therapy team in the North of the City. The Team treats adults over 16 referred from the Hospital, GPs, District Nurses, and other Health and Social Care services with a variety of conditions and therapy needs to maintaining and improve independent living.

The successful candidate will deliver rehabilitation programmes and provide equipment to patients within the home environment. You will work alongside occupational therapist, physiotherapists and specialist therapy assistants to progress rehabilitation and improve independence.

We work in an integrated way with the nursing teams to achieve the patient goals in a patient centred way. Staff are well supported with regular team meeting, supervision and training.

Main duties of the job

• To assist the interdisciplinary team in the provision of patient centred care.
• To implement packages of care and rehabilitation programmes in the community and complete patient records.
• Undertake assessment of patients within departmental guidelines.
• To assist the interdisciplinary team in maintaining an efficient working environment.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months (until June 2026). Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths or equivalent experience
• Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care/ OR diagnostic and therapeutic support or equivalent relevant qualification /experience
• Demonstrate commitment to life long learning via personal development file
• IT training/qualifications or equivalent experience
• Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport

Experience

• Relevant experience of either, working in rehabilitation e.g. as a therapy assistant or a rehabilitation assistant/ assistant practitioner or another rehabilitation setting
• To have worked independently managing own patient/client list
• Experience of liaising with other agencies, services and professional colleagues
• To have worked in the community setting

Further Training

• Be able to assess, implement and assist in rehabilitation programmes
• Good verbal and non-verbal communicator with the ability to motivate people
• To understand and practice confidentiality
• To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature of the work
• To have prioritisation skills to independently manage own workload
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on skilled worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the skilled worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here (link to the gov.uk website).

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. W hen you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.

When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Subhash Mathai Job title Clinical Lead Physiotherapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07815492522 Additional information

Maggie Quinn operational lead Therapy North

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