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Band 4 Therapy Support Worker - Therapies
The closing date is 09 October 2025
An opportunity has arisen for you to become a part of well-established friendly multidisciplinary therapy teams supporting Heartlands Hospital. We are looking for a flexible, self-motivated experienced band 3 or 4 therapy support worker who is keen to learn and develop. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to make decisions under pressure will be essential. We are committed to assisting your training and personal development.The role will be fast paced and therefore it will be important that you are proactive with excellent organisational skills. You will work autonomously as well as with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Specialist Nurses and Medical teams in undertaking assessments to promote supporting patients to facilitate a safe discharge. Please provide clear evidence of the essential experience required below, in your application to be considered for interview
.*That you have comprehensive experience as a Therapy Support Worker?
*That you have experience of supporting therapists in a relevant clinical setting?
*That you have experience of delivering acute inpatient rehabilitation programmes across a variety of clinical
settings with evidence of MDT collaboration and hospital discharge planning?
You will be required to work across a 7 day service on a scheduled rota.
Main duties of the job
To use specialised technical skills to assist in the physical, psychological and functional maintenance, treatment or
rehabilitation of patients in the specified clinical area.
To facilitate discharge of patients or transfer of care to a more appropriate health care setting working in collaboration
with the wider MDT. To be responsible for delegated aspects of clinical intervention, working without direct
supervision and providing feedback to the Registered Therapist regarding assessment of patient progress.
Facilitate planning/preparation of and accompany registered therapists on home visits.
Assess patients with a view to ensuring length of stay in hospital is limited.
The post holder will require a flexible approach. Excellent team working, organisational and time management skills
are essential. There are many opportunities to extend scope of practice within this role in the teams.
We are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff. This role includes participation in a
weekend cover rota. Hours vary depending on area working in.
If you would like any further information about this role please contact Julie Sharpe Clinical team leader of the
Health Care for Older People and Short Stay Therapy teams on 0121 424 1490 or email julie.sharpe@uhb.nhs.uk
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* *Education to GCSE level or equivalent
* *including English and maths at grade
* *C or above
* *maths and written and spoken English
* ** Educated to A Level / NVQ 4/ BTEC or
* *equivalent (e.g. NVQ 3 or similar
* *substantive experience working in a
* ** Care certificate or be willing to work
* *towards this
* *Evidence of recent education / personal
* development related to Healthcare.
* * Demonstrated has been proactive with
Experience
* *supporting therapists in a relevant
* *clinical setting
* ** Comprehensive experience of
* *delivering acute inpatient
* *rehabilitation programmes across a
* *variety of clinical settings with
* *evidence of MDT collaboration and
* *understanding of relevant areas of
* *therapy, the effect of illness/clinical
* *conditions / disability on function and
* *health and basic aims of
* *rehabilitation
* *Comprehensive experience as a
* therapy support worker
* *Understanding of confidentiality and
* data protection in healthcare
* *Experience of communicating with and
* motivating patients who may have
* * Experience of working in Acute Hospital
* Setting
* * Good understanding of working
* environment --healthcare/NHS/UHB
* trust/acute care/community as applicable
Additional Criteria
* *Able to work as part of an
* interdisciplinary team
* *Enthusiasm to work as therapy
* support worker within team
* *Ability to take responsibility under
* guidance
* *Know own limitations and role
* *Able to seek support from others
* when required
* *Able to deal with potentially
* upsetting clinical settings/situations
* * Demonstrates empathy to a wide
* range of patients, carers, staff
* *Demonstrates commitment to patient
* centred care
* *Reliable and trustworthy
* *Able to work under pressure
* *Demonstrates commitment to work
* flexibly to meet the challenging
* demands of the service
* *Ability to contribute to weekend
* working and evening day case cover
* *Willingness to participate and at times lead
* of training
* *Demonstrates a commitment to CPD
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
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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