Therapy Assistant - NROL

Integrated Care System; Burnley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Burnley is seeking a full-time Therapy Assistant to support the Neurological Rehabilitation Online (NROL) team. The successful candidate will be involved in the digital delivery of therapy and engage with patients across various neurological conditions. An enthusiastic individual with experience in therapy settings and IT skills will be preferred. This role is integral in providing high-quality patient care through online therapy sessions.

Qualifications

• Experience of working alone is preferred.
• Experience of delivering digital services.
• Experience of working as a therapy assistant.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the digital delivery of services for patients.
• Support registered clinicians in treatment implementations.
• Collect outcome measures and feedback from patients.

Skills

IT literacy

Effective communication

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Enthusiastic

Education

Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent

Tools

Excel

MS Teams

Job description

We have an exciting 6-month opportunity to recruit a full time Therapy Assistant to join our Neurological Rehabilitation Online (NROL) team. This contract will last until the end of March 2026

This role will enable patients to access NROL and with support therapeutic delivery of online groups across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic candidate, preferably with previous experience working in a therapy setting, and with skills around digital delivery of therapy.

The role will be working alongside therapists (including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists) supporting patients to access and delivering online therapy groups to wide range of patients presenting with a variety of neurological conditions.

For further information contact Adam Partington , Operational lead for NROL 01282 803757, [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

As a Therapy Assistant you will work as a member of the NROL Team, enabling patients to access NROL. You will provide digital support and education to patients on referral to the service. The post holder will also assist the digital delivery of therapy, supporting qualified therapists in treating patients according to their condition via online therapy groups.

You will use technical and creative skills in the provision of therapeutic activities for patients in a group setting and will be responsible for the collection of outcome measures and feedback.

As a Therapy Assistant you will work closely with the therapy team, operational lead and administrative staff.

The work will predominantly take place online, whilst onsite at Rakehead Rehabilitation unit, but you may be required to work across site to support the delivery of groups.

The position requires you to work between the hours of 0830-1630, Monday to Friday. The post holder will need to be flexible and change base in line with service need and demands.

About us

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

We have a robust supervision and annual appraisal structure along with offering in house training to support the clinical development of our staff. We always aim to provide high standard, quality care to all our patients.

Job responsibilities

To work as a member of team assisting in the digital delivery of services supporting registered clinicians in treating patients and supporting their carers/families.

The post holder undertakes specialised support work from referrals screened by a registered clinician. This may include gathering information for sessions,

implementing treatment programmes, as well as enabling patients to access digital services

The post holder will support the provision of clinical activities for patients in a group setting with a registered clinician.

The post holder will take responsibility for their own work within a broad framework laid out by a registered clinician. The post holder will deliver defined interventions as directed by registered clinician having support and advice as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent including Maths and English.

Experience

• Have had experience of working alone.

Knowledge

• IT literacy including Email and Internet. Experience using Excel and MS teams
• Numerate
• Health, safety and risk awareness.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Organisational skills including the ability to manage own workload.

Personal Attributes

• Able to work alone as well as part of a team.
• Being able to work under pressure.
• Problem solving approach.
• Enthusiastic and keen to learn and develop.
• Flexible to different work demands/environments.
• Punctual and regular attender.
• Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice.
• Person centred approach.

Other

• Car driver and has access to a car undertake visits in the community as required.
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Able to undertake moving and handling tasks

Experience

• Experience of working with digital service delivery
• Experience of working as a therapy assistant

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.