Therapy Assistant

The Rehabilitation Service has an exciting opportunity for some with suitable experience who is looking to develop their role at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital to work within the Acute Medical team.

If you would like to join an amazing and dedicated team for a fixed term contract, we would love to hear from you
- To carry out delegated therapy assessments and rehabilitation programmes as specified by the qualified therapist.
- To provide therapy to patients within the Rehabilitation Services as part of an agreed working rota.
- The post holder will work as part of the medicine therapy team involved in the assessment and treatment of patients with multi-pathology who may often exhibit confusion or anxiety. The therapy assistants may well be asked to work on other wards depending upon the staffing needs of the Trust.
- To facilitate rapid discharge of patents from the ward, this will include screening of medical patients, providing information and the provision of equipment if necessary to ensure a safe discharge.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.