Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

The Elderly therapy team at Royal Derby Hospital are looking to appoint a motivated Generic Therapy Assistant Practitioner with a passion for Elderly Medicine care.

Applications are invited from those with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and previous experience as an Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy or Generic Therapy support worker in an acute inpatient setting is an essential part of this role.

Candidates are required to hold an NVQ level 3, Level 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker apprenticeship and/or relevant therapy Band 3/4 Assistant competencies.

As an Assistant Practitioner you will hold a varied clinical, ward based caseload in an acute multidisciplinary setting and take a lead on discharge planning.

The service is required to work a set pattern of hours that includes Bank Holidays.

Main duties of the job

• Support Elderly Medicine Therapy Team and work alongside occupational therapists,
• Physiotherapists and other Support Workers
• Assessment and treatment, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions across
  • Medicine within a competency framework
  • Close MDT working and discharge planning in a high-pressured environment.
  • Contribute to supporting Student Therapists on placement
  • Plan and prioritise own caseload

  We are a friendly and supportive team who can offer:

  • Support from Therapy Inpatient Lead, Band 7 Team Leaders and Senior Rotational therapists within the team, including regular clinical supervision.
  • Supported to provide high quality patient care including basic assessment and treatment to a caseload of patients.
  • PT/OT joint working.
  • Support to attend appropriate in-service training opportunities and courses to maintain competencies and to achieve personal development plans.
  • Trust commitment to CPD, demonstrated by yearly appraisal.

Closing date of applications: 14th October 2025

Interview date: 28th October 2025

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.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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