Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Therapy Assistant
The closing date is 04 November 2025
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the first Community Trust to be awarded "Outstanding" in a recent CQC inspection? Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are an integrated NHS and social care Trust offering opportunities for a band 3 Therapy Assistant.
We would welcome applicants with a "can do" attitude who reflect the values (compassion, creativity and community) and behaviours of the organisation.
We are keen to enable our patients to achieve optimum function and independence and quality of life. You will play a key part in this along with your nursing and therapy colleagues. To assist you with this you will receive support and development through in service training, annual appraisals, a personal development plan and regular management and clinical supervision.
You must be self‑motivated, able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills and have good communication skills.
Please do contact us to discuss this opportunity further.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based on Ogden Court Wymondham. You will work as a member of the therapy team on the ward where you will support the registered Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. Your main duties will involve reviewing mobility, transfers, personal activities of daily living and exercise programmes as appropriate. You will be responsible for feeding back details of each patient's progress to other members of the therapy team.
NCHC have electronic patient records and therefore there is an expectation to use a computer on a daily. You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.
About us
Find out more about working for our organisation here:
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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work Wednesday - Friday on a 21-bedded inpatient unit in Wymondham to deliver high standards of rehabilitation alongside their wider team.
Please see the attached job description for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience
* NVQ 3 in care
Experience
* Experience of working with people, in the statutory/voluntary/private sector
* Experience of working with people at the End of life
* Evidence of ongoing learning
* Experience of working in people's homes
* Experience of working with people at the End of life
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
* Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in‑house training & short courses
* Highly motivated
* Knowledge of multi‑disciplinary team roles.
* Experience of working in a community setting
Communication
* Tact & diplomacy
* Empathy & sensitivity
* Ability to use own initiative
* Able to communicate effectively using the English language in both verbal and written forms
People and Personal development
* Ability to manage stressful situations
* A team player
* Awareness of own limitations
* Good organisational skills
* Open to change and development
Personal Atributes/Behaviours
* Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
* Able to show initiative
* Able to work alone
Other
* Professional appearance
* Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments.
* Able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
* Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
* Be reliable
* UK driving license and have access to a vehicle
* Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
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.
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
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