Senior Therapy Assistant

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Senior Therapy Assistant to join their Integrated Care Team in Sheffield. The role focuses on delivering rehabilitation programmes to adults at home and requires collaboration with occupational therapists and physiotherapists to improve patients' independence. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications, including a Level III NVQ and experience in a community setting, and will benefit from strong support in their professional development.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience working in rehabilitation or community settings.
• Capacity to manage own patient/client list.
• Commitment to lifelong learning and personal development.

Responsibilities

• Assist interdisciplinary team in patient-centred care.
• Implement rehabilitation programmes within community setting.
• Maintain patient records and conduct assessments.

Skills

Assessment skills

Communication

Empathy

Education

GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths

Level III NVQ in Health and Social Care

IT training/qualifications

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 29 June 2025

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.

About us

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.

Job 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

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff