Specialist Therapy Assistant

6 days ago


Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Integrated Care Team - Therapy for a permanent, full time, Band 4 Specialist Therapy Assistant in the South of Sheffield.

The team is based in the community.

The Team assess and treat people referred from various sources:
the Hospital, GPs, District Nurses, other Health and Social Care teams.

ICT Therapy treat people from the age of 16 to older adults with a variety of conditions and therapy needs in their home environment.

Specialist Therapy Assistants work with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, to carry out assessments and manage their own patient caseload. They are supported by the team and have regular training and supervision.


The successful applicant will be expected to have relevant experience working as a Therapy Assistant in rehabilitation (in the Community Setting), have NVQ III in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Care or Health and Social Care (with therapy specific units) or the equivalent experience.

To be an independent member of the interdisciplinary team in the provision of patient centred care.

Undertake functional assessments and assist in the management of patients within professional led protocols in the community setting.

Devise and implement therapy treatment programmes in the community and complete patient records.


To assist the Clinical Lead in the day to day management and co-ordination of the Senior Therapy Assistants within the Community Integrated Care Team-Therapy.


To assist in the recruitment, selection and training of the Senior Therapy Assistants to maintain a robust and competent workforce.

To assist in the supervision and assessment of competency of the Senior Therapy Assistants

To assist in actively managing sickness absence of the Senior Therapy Assistants in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Administration duties to support role/ teams as appropriate.


You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves.

The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.

This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

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