Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 04 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join the therapy team across the intermediate care and community bed based services.

We have a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and training. If you are successful you will be supported to develop professionally as well as provided with regular supervision to support your development and well being.

The job will involve 7 day working depending on the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the wider MDT you will work alongside and support specialist therapy staff in transporting patients to and from destinations, providing support to therapists in rehabilitating the patients across the bed based units.

The purpose of this role is to support the therapist(s) to ensure the patients receive the best care possible.

Completing patient visits with the therapists and leading on visits , where it is appropriate as instructed by therapists.

Preparing the vehicle for use.

Undertaking administrative tasks related to the workload

Supporting with access.

About us

The post offers the opportunity to develop skills in a supportive and educational environment alongside other existing therapy assistants.

Details

Date posted

21 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-437CS-25

Job locations

Laburnum Lodge / Wilfred Geere / DTA beds

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6PP


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE English & maths or equivalent
  • NVQ or equivalent level of knowledge

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience within health care
  • Previous experience working within AHP service
  • Previous experience or working within an NHS trust/health care/education setting
  • Team working

Desirable

  • experience in community services

Skills

Essential

  • Good written & verbal communication skills
  • Basic IT skills
  • Ability to work independently & as part of a team
  • Abililty to cope with a busy worklaod
  • Ability to use initiative
  • Ability to plan & manage own time effectively
  • Ability to follow instructions
  • Ability to pay attention to details
  • Ability to act as a role model
  • Ability to make choices for pt care and in some cases determine the best course of action

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of how disability/impairment affects function
  • Knowledge of data protection
  • Knowledge of confidentiality
  • Knowledge of health & safety
  • Knowledge of how to respond to queries
  • Knowledge of how to respond to unexpected events

Other

Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly when required
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE English & maths or equivalent
  • NVQ or equivalent level of knowledge

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience within health care
  • Previous experience working within AHP service
  • Previous experience or working within an NHS trust/health care/education setting
  • Team working

Desirable

  • experience in community services

Skills

Essential

  • Good written & verbal communication skills
  • Basic IT skills
  • Ability to work independently & as part of a team
  • Abililty to cope with a busy worklaod
  • Ability to use initiative
  • Ability to plan & manage own time effectively
  • Ability to follow instructions
  • Ability to pay attention to details
  • Ability to act as a role model
  • Ability to make choices for pt care and in some cases determine the best course of action

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of how disability/impairment affects function
  • Knowledge of data protection
  • Knowledge of confidentiality
  • Knowledge of health & safety
  • Knowledge of how to respond to queries
  • Knowledge of how to respond to unexpected events

Other

Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly when required

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Laburnum Lodge / Wilfred Geere / DTA beds

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6PP


Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Laburnum Lodge / Wilfred Geere / DTA beds

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6PP


Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Therapy Lead

Kavitha Santhamurthy

Kavitha.santhamurthy@boltonft.nhs.uk

01204335455

Details

Date posted

21 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-437CS-25

Job locations

Laburnum Lodge / Wilfred Geere / DTA beds

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6PP


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