South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Therapy Assistant Practitioner (Home First)

The closing date is 10 July 2025

Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to University Hospitals Tees Group (South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust/NTH Solutions).

If you are not currently working within these trusts your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

If you are applying for a secondment post, you must seek authorisation from your manager.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and dynamic Urgent Community Response (UCR) Home First Team at Redcar Primary care Hospital.

The post holder will be working under the guidance of the Specialist Allied Health professionals and will take responsibility for designated elements of the assessment, therapy intervention and the discharge for patients on the home first pathway of care and within the wider UCR service.

The post holder will have the ability to work independently, carrying out assessment and interventions for a specified and designated clinical caseload identified by a qualified clinician but also be able to work as part of a team supporting the clinicians with patient interventions.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly to support the seven day rota between the hours of 8am-10pm.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

You will have the ability to work under pressure, be well organised, demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.

The team is friendly and supportive and mentorship for this role will be available from the Clinical Service Lead for both UCR and Hospital at Home, Specialist Therapy Leads and the wider clinical UCR therapy workforce. We have a comprehensive training programme and our staff are encouraged and supported in their continual professional development through regular workshops and clinical supervision

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North Yorkshire Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals.

James Cook University Hospital is a major trauma centre and provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracic, vascular surgery and cancer services.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading Your Team to Successo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Date posted

26 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-FCS-7195814

Job locations

Redcar Primary Care Hospital

West Dyke Road

Redcar

TS10 4NW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

English and Mathematics at key skills level 2 or equivalent.
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR Equivalent Level 3 Qualification OR Level 3 Apprenticeship in relevant clinical care. OR Health and Science T-Level AND Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3

Experience

Essential

Substantial previous experience as an AHP Band 3 or equivalent therapy in Social Care
Evidence of achieving the KSF exit competencies of Band 3 Therapy Assistant.

Desirable

Experience of working in the community setting.
Experience of working in an NHS role

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills.
Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other Trust systems.
Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions.
Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

English and Mathematics at key skills level 2 or equivalent.
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR Equivalent Level 3 Qualification OR Level 3 Apprenticeship in relevant clinical care. OR Health and Science T-Level AND Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3

Experience

Essential

Substantial previous experience as an AHP Band 3 or equivalent therapy in Social Care
Evidence of achieving the KSF exit competencies of Band 3 Therapy Assistant.

Desirable

Experience of working in the community setting.
Experience of working in an NHS role

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills.
Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other Trust systems.
Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions.
Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Redcar Primary Care Hospital

West Dyke Road

Redcar

TS10 4NW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Redcar Primary Care Hospital

West Dyke Road

Redcar

TS10 4NW

Employer's website

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