Generic Therapy Assistant-Spasticity and Neuro-Splinting
The closing date is 20 August 2025
Job summary
Spasticity and Neuro-Splinting are a small and friendly team, who have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Band 3 Generic Therapy Assistant to join our specialist area on a secondment basis.
We deliver an outpatient spasticity management, and neuro-splinting service, for people who have experienced a neurological event, or have a progressive neurological condition. We work closely with inpatient, specialist outpatients, and community services.
You will require some experience of working with patients with complex needs, have highly developed interpersonal skills, and good communication skills. A commitment to providing excellent patient centre-care, and multidisciplinary working is essential. This role covers both physiotherapy and occupational therapy disciplines.
Spasticity and Neuro-splinting are based within Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, within the Specialist Rehabilitation Services.
We are a dynamic small team who work excellently as an MDT. We believe passionately in delivering a quality service for patients with neurological conditions, who experience spasticity and related complications.
Working days to be negotiated within operational delivery.
Main duties of the job
- To work flexibly within the Spasticity and Neuro-Splinting team, principally under the supervision of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff, to provide Specialist Rehabilitation and Neuro-splinting services to patients with neurological conditions.
- To assist during the assessment and treatment of neurological patients, and to perform specific delegated tasks in relation to helping patients with activities of daily living, functional and mobility problems.
- To assist in the delivery of MDT clinics within specialist rehabilitation and perform tasks relating to outcome measurement as well as assist in the assessment of patients during clinic.
- To assist in the assessment and fabrication of bespoke and off the shelf splints or orthoses for patients with neurological conditions.
- In addition, there will be several non-clinical duties such as clerical or housekeeping, which aid the efficient running of the team and clinics.
Closing date of applications: 20 August 2025
Interview date: 2 September 2025
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Details
Date posted
06 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata pa
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
320-CDCS-3778
Job locations
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
Employer's website
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