Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
General Therapy Assistant
The closing date is 15 March 2026
Exciting Opportunity: Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy Team!
Are you an experienced therapy assistant looking for a new challenge? Join our dynamic, innovative, and forward-thinking Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy team at Kings Mill Hospital!
About the Role:
Location: King's Mill Hospital
Specialty: Trauma and Orthopaedics
Focus:Enhanced recovery and excellent patient outcomes
Key Responsibilities:
* Pre-operative Preparation: Take a lead role in preparing patients, including information gathering over the phone, ordering equipment and onward referrals.
* Diverse Caseload: Work with a variety of orthopaedic cases, ensuring comprehensive care.
What We Offer:
* Professional Growth:Excellent opportunities to develop your clinical and personal skills.
* Supportive Environment:Work within a friendly team with strong internal and external networks.
* Innovative Team:Be part of a team committed to continuous improvement and innovation in patient care.
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a significant impact on patient recovery, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Apply now and become a vital part of our dedicated Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy team at King's Mill Hospital.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
* Up to date understanding of a range of medical conditions
* Skills of reasoning and decision making for patient management
* Basic computer and administration skills
* Must have a good understanding of the assistants role
* Organisational skills
* Ability to plan, carry out & evaluate individual therapeutic and educational sessions
* Already worked as a therapy assistant and has rehabilitation experience
* Ability to assess, provide, adjust & fit equipment as required according to trust policy
Qualifications
* NVQ Level III in Care "Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support" award or similar relevant award or ability to undertake training for the qualification on appointment
Further Training
* Further relevant training within current clinical area
* Portfolio of evidence of CPD
Experience
* Experience of working with patients in a hospital/ward environment
* Working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Proven experience of assessment & planning of therapeutic intervention/treatment plans
* Experience of working in a rehabilitation setting
Contractual Requirements
* Ability to travel for home visits/follow up visits & access visits
* Full Drivers licence
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.
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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