Job Overview
A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you passionate about helping children and young people reach their full potential? Join our warm, supportive, and dynamic therapy team, where every day is an opportunity to make a difference!
As a Paediatric Generic Therapy Assistant, you’ll work across a range of settings — schools, clinics, and family homes — providing hands‑on support that really matters.
Responsibilities
* Support children and young people through physiotherapy and occupational therapy programmes.
* Help with assessments and treatment plans.
* Manage your own caseload with guidance from experienced therapists.
* Work closely with families, schools, and other professionals to give every child the best start possible.
* Providing hands‑on therapy support to children and families in a range of settings.
* Working side by side with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to deliver tailored therapy programmes.
* Helping to monitor and maintain specialist therapy equipment to ensure it’s safe and effective.
* Being an active member of our multidisciplinary team, managing your workload and contributing to great patient outcomes.
* Taking part in regular supervision and keeping your learning portfolio up to date to grow your skills and confidence.
Requirements
The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.
Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.
Interviews will take place on the 26th of November.
Benefits
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.
Information for Applicants
To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust, please visit the following link: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co‑developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks – including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks – to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Nov 2025.
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