Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 04 September 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service based at Rayners Hedge in Aylesbury. As the Therapy Assistant you will be supporting the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy teams to provide client centred neurological rehabilitation.

This post will suit a motivated, hard working and enthusiastic person who wishes to work within a multidisciplinary team whose aim is to enable clients and their families to live a meaningful life alongside their neurological condition.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to assist qualified therapists in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of neurological rehabilitation programmes. You may work with clients within the clinical base, their home or within the community.

You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, work experience with people and/or within a therapy environment, excellent IT and a willingness to develop and grow into the role.

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Date posted

21 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-CR7333089

Job locations

Rayners Hedge

Croft Road

Aylesbury

HP21 7RD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the attachments in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the attachments in the advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Good general education
Current driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

Relevant NVQ, QCF, or RQF qualification
Exercise/anatomy/BTEC or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Expertise in relevant work e.g. work experience within rehabilitation/therapy/personal trainer
Experience of working with people

Desirable

Healthcare experience
Desire to work within physiotherapy/occupational therapy.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

Good IT skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to safely manage manual handling tasks.
Ability to assume responsibility for a delegated caseload of clients.

Desirable

Knowledge of neurological conditions
Knowledge of healthcare
Ability to safely manage manual handling tasks
Ability to assume responsibility for a caseload of clients
Group working skills

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Good general education
Current driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

Relevant NVQ, QCF, or RQF qualification
Exercise/anatomy/BTEC or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Expertise in relevant work e.g. work experience within rehabilitation/therapy/personal trainer
Experience of working with people

Desirable

Healthcare experience
Desire to work within physiotherapy/occupational therapy.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

Good IT skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to safely manage manual handling tasks.
Ability to assume responsibility for a delegated caseload of clients.

Desirable

Knowledge of neurological conditions
Knowledge of healthcare
Ability to safely manage manual handling tasks
Ability to assume responsibility for a caseload of clients
Group working skills

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

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Rayners Hedge

Croft Road

Aylesbury

HP21 7RD

Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Rayners Hedge

Croft Road

Aylesbury

HP21 7RD

Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)