Senior Therapy Support Worker

NHS; Bedford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is looking for a Band 3 Senior Therapy Assistant to join the Orthopaedic/Surgical Therapy Team at Bedford Hospital. This part-time role involves supporting patient recovery, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, and offering ongoing monitoring and treatment adjustments. Applicants should possess a good standard of education and have experience in patient care. The position includes professional training opportunities and occasional weekend working hours.

Benefits

High-quality clinical supervision

Professional development opportunities

Apprenticeship pathways

Qualifications

• Experience of working with patients/clients in a previous job role.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Previous experience of working within a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Implement patient treatment within established guidelines.
• Assess and implement activities, treatment and exercises for patient discharge.
• Order and deliver equipment, ensuring safety and proper use.
• Perform administration duties within the department.
• Provide therapy services to the acute setting on a weekend rota.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Ability to cope with stressful situations

Knowledge of medical conditions

Education

Good standard of education

GCSE Grade C English or equivalent

Job description

Senior Therapy Support Worker

The closing date is 12 December 2025

Are you forward-thinking, proactive, and ready for the challenges of working in an acute hospital?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Senior Therapy Assistant to join our Orthopaedic/Surgical Therapy Team at Bedford Hospital. This is a part-time role, ideal for those balancing work with family commitments.

As a Senior Therapy Assistant, you will:

• Support, assess, and treat patients to aid recovery and promote a smooth transition back into the community.
• Work closely with our Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams, who specialise in complex assessment and discharge planning.
• Be part of the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), covering wards across the Bedford site.
• Work autonomously, ensuring effective communication and collaboration with both on-site and external teams.

This role offers the chance to make a real impact on patient care while developing your skills within a supportive and dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

Patient Care & Assessment – Assess patients and, where appropriate, implement activities, treatments, and exercises. Liaise with families and the multidisciplinary team to achieve the shared goal of facilitating safe and effective discharge.

Ongoing Monitoring – Monitor and adjust treatments/interventions as required, ensuring patients are reviewed on a continual basis.

Professional Support & Training – Benefit from high-quality clinical supervision and ongoing support for professional development. Robust training opportunities are available both within the therapy team and across Bedford Hospital.

Apprenticeship Opportunities – We are pleased to offer internal apprenticeship pathways within the therapy service. This provides staff with the chance to pursue formal undergraduate training to become qualified physiotherapists or occupational therapists (subject to entry requirements). This post may serve as the ideal stepping stone for your career.

Weekend Working – Participate in occasional weekend working on a rota basis. This ensures continuity of care for patients and supports the smooth flow of services throughout the hospital.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Job responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.

• To implement patient treatment working within established guidelines for defined client group.
• To assess and if appropriate implement activities, treatment and exercises in order to achieve the common goal of facilitating a safe and effective discharge.
• To order, deliver and fit equipment, ensuring that equipment is safe prior to provision, as well as ensuring patients and carers are taught how to use appropriately. Independently monitor adjust and review intervention and treatments.
• There will be administration duties within the department.
• You will be on a weekend rota and provide therapy services to the acute setting on additional hours when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of education
• GCSE Grade C English or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working with patients/clients in a previous job role
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Previous experience of working within a hospital setting

Knowledge and Abilities

• Able to demonstrate knowledge regarding the role of a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist as a profession and how they can help improve patient care and outcomes
• Empathy, able to communicate with patients, relatives, carers and external agencies
• Ability to cope with stressful situations/ environments and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers and remain professional
• Good basic working knowledge of medical conditions and how they affect patients

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.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata pro annum