Therapy Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training provided

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Therapy Assistants to work alongside clinicians, helping patients in rehabilitation and recovery across a wide range of areas. Training will be provided to gain the required skills and competencies, including housekeeping and equipment maintenance duties.

The role operates on a 7-day shift pattern with flexible working; awareness of working with Therapists is beneficial, and previous customer care or health care experience is

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Some awareness or experience of working with Therapists would be beneficial.
• Previous customer care or health care experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in rehabilitation and recovery across a wide range of areas.
• Provide treatment independently under guidance from qualified staff.
• Support and motivate patients to participate in therapy programmes.
• Training will be provided to gain required skills and competencies, including housekeeping and equipment maintenance duties.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer care

Healthcare experience

Job description

Therapy assistants work alongside clinicians assisting patients in their rehabilitation and recovery across many areas. Assistants also provide treatment independently under guidance from qualified staff.

All posts are subject to 7 day shift working pattern and staff are required to work flexibly.

Training will be provided in order to gain the required skills and competencies, including some housekeeping and equipment maintenance duties. Some awareness or experience of working with Therapists would be beneficial and previous customer care or health care experience is essential.

This post is based at The Royal Liverpool Hospital but if you are successful, there may be opportunity to work at our other sites of Aintree Hospital or Broadgreen Hospital across a wide range of specialist areas.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to support and motivate patients to participate in therapy programmes.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.

Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.

Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year.

TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.