Band 4 Generic Therapy Assistant (CBACS)
The closing date is 21 January 2026
Job summary
An exciting B4 post is available within our dynamic and friendly CBACS team.This is a chance to work within a highly specialist and pioneering service. You will have opportunity to work alongside qualified staff and independently to gain specialist clinical skills working with client's who have spinal pathology requiring management in a spinal orthosis.
The post-holder will be delivering clinical and non- clinical care working in the acute inpatient areas across both BHRUT sites outpatient and community settings. The service seeks to provide customised care to client's who require spinal orthosis management.
The role includes spinal navigation, manual handling guidance and acute rehab alongside ward colleagues; also, provision of outreach to other organisations as well as assisting orthotics with inpatients, outpatient clinics and in the community. The post-holder will support the qualified therapists in their Physiotherapy role, whilst contributing to the education of the multidisciplinary team and other individuals associated with patient care.
Within BHRUT, aside from our regional neurosciences unit, we are proud to boast our Cancer centre and hyper-acute Stroke unit.
If you want an opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop whilst being valued and supported then apply today.
Main duties of the job
o To provide skilled routine and some non-routine, clinical and non-clinical support within CBACS as led by Band 8a Therapist and CBACS team. To provide appropriate cover to service in absence of qualified staff.
o To provide collar and brace aftercare to patients including skin care, hygiene and pad changes within clinic, community, and ward settings, in addition to hair washing and shaving to ensure patient remains compliant with the collar use.
o To liaise with medical professionals for clarification of medical information provided to aid efficient discharge planning and attend neuro surgical appointments/MDT to ensure patient's full needs are met and that the patient and family fully understand all that's been explained.
o To Liaise and incorporate family members into the care of patients.
o To work with patients allocated within CBACS and treat according to specific protocols and guidelines, monitoring patient progress and reporting back to the team. To liaise with medical professionals for clarification of medical information provided to aid efficient discharge planning.
o To work closely on a daily basis with the CBACS Senior Therapist for most interventions, but to take on independent tasks as delegated, working within service protocols: eg. leading the brace-care pathway including demonstrations of braces to care agencies and family members. Mostly this will be delivered within the clinic and community, but also involves ward work.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Details
Date posted
12 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£12,847 to £13,950 a year per annum inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
162-7539-CCS
Job locations
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website
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