Therapy Assistant

**Job overview**:
**Main duties of the job**:
You will support and assist with the work of the Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in providing assessment, planning and delivering treatment programmes to patients with multiple needs.

You will also take responsibility for basic administration tasks to ensure the department and team’s needs are met.

You should have evidence of a good standard of education including GSCE’s or equivalent in English and Math's with a NVQ Level 3 qualification, or equivalent, and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the role of a Therapy Assistant.

You will have good communication skills, the ability to use your own initiative, good time management skills and the ability to problem solve.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications & Registration**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of a good general education ie a minimum of 2 GCSE’s or equivalent in English and Maths
- NVQ Lvl 3 or equivalent

**Desirable criteria**:

- Health related qualification

**Experience, Knowledge & Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of working in a team
- Evidence of previous experience of working in the NHS and/or a care setting
- Evidence of having worked with the public
- Evidence of effective verbal and written communication skills
- Evidence of being able to work independently and use initiative
- Understanding of a therapy role

**Desirable criteria**:

- Admin/Computer/IT Skills
- Evidence of ability to deal with conflict

**Trust Values and Behaviours**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Understanding of Trust Values and Behaviours and personal examples of all 4
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

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