Health and Therapy Assistant (Band 3)

Job summary

Are you passionate about helping people regain independence at home after a hospital stay? Our Home First service in Brighton is looking for caring, motivated, and proactive Health & Therapy Assistants to join our friendly, dedicated team.

You'll work alongside nurses, paramedics, and therapists to deliver safe, effective, and person-centred care that supports smooth discharges from hospital to home. Operating 7 days a week, 365 days a year (8am-8pm), we provide short-term reablement care that helps people regain strength, confidence, and daily living skills.

In this hands-on role, you'll encourage recovery, promote independence, and provide compassionate care in people's homes. If you're enthusiastic about helping others and want to make a real difference as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team, we'd love to welcome you to Home First.

Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

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Main duties of the job

As a Health and Therapy Assistant, you'll play a key part in helping people across Sussex live more independently after illness or injury. Each day will bring variety -- supporting individuals with personal care, therapy exercises, and health monitoring as they work towards their recovery goals.

You'll work closely with our nurses, therapists, and paramedics to deliver safe, person-centred care in line with each individual's personalised plan. This will include taking observations, assisting with wound care, supporting rehabilitation programmes, helping with medication, venepuncture, and ensuring therapy and mobility equipment is used safely and effectively.

You'll observe and record people's progress, sharing updates with your team so that care remains responsive and effective. Most importantly, you'll encourage, motivate, and empower people to build confidence and regain independence in their daily lives.

We'll support you every step of the way -- providing full training, the opportunity to complete your Care Certificate, and ongoing development through our competency framework. This role offers an excellent foundation to grow your skills and open pathways into nursing, therapy, and other healthcare professions within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.