Therapy Assistant

Job summary

Key Responsibilities

• To support Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapists provide a high standard service to ward-based patients.

• To work with the Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and ward staff in the implementation and progression of rehabilitation programmes.

• To enable patients to achieve their optimum level of independence in mobility and activities of daily living.

• To be actively involved in the continuation of rehabilitation programmes during weekdays, weekends and bank holidays.

• Participate as a member of the multi-disciplinary team assisting with specified duties and to take responsibility for planning his/her own work duties.

Main duties of the job

You will work along side Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and other support staff. This team will support in providing you 'on the job training' based on a structured competency framework.

Within this job role you will have the opportunity to rotate between several areas within the acute hospital inpatient setting. These ward areas include Medicine, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Long-term Conditions.

We are looking for candidates with good communication skills and a passion to work with people to help them achieve their potential.

Ideally the successful candidate will have experience of working with people in a caring or enabling environment, although this is not essential.

The successful candidate does need to have a full UK driving licence for a manual car so that they can support with home visits or equipment delivery.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.