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Senior Therapy Assistant
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join our dynamic and friendly Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy team, working on the inpatient Trauma wards at Poole Hospital UHD. As a team we are passionate in ensuring that any adults presenting to our acute hospital receive the highest quality care from clinicians with a holistic and rehabilitative approach.
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals with some background knowledge of Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy within a health or social care setting.
For the full duties of the post - please see the attached job description.
The successful candidate will need to possess:
Previous employment in a health or social care setting (or equivalent) in a care/ facilitation/ support role
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently within a supportive environment
Flexibility and to be able to work as part of a team
Excellent personal organisational skills including time management
The department offers excellent support, clinical supervision and a collaborative working environment.
This post involves weekend working, and there will be an expectation that the successful candidate moves to the Bournemouth site with the service early 2026.
Base Location: Poole Hospital, with an expected move to Royal Bournemouth Hospital early 2026.
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
Please note this post includes 7 day working. The post holder will be expected to participate in regular weekend working.
You will work alongside qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to deliver combined therapy treatment programmes, undertake essential non-clinical roles to support the smooth running of the inpatient Trauma Therapy service and support service users who have sustained traumatic injuries out of hospital.
If you are successful, you will be supported to achieve the competencies for the role through induction, 'on the job training' and teaching sessions.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
This service has a planned move from the Poole site to the Bournemouth site in January 2026.
Please note that if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excessmileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualification
* GCSE Grade C or above in English Literature/Language
Experience
* Previous employment in a health or social care setting (or equivalent) in a care/ facilitation/ support role
* Previous Occupational Therapy Assistant/ Physiotherapy Assistant/ Speech and Language/ Dietetic Assistant or Rehab Assistant or Healthcare Assistant experience
* NHS experience
Skills
* Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
* Good personal organisational skills including time management
* Ability to work under pressure
* Management of a caseload
Language Requirement
* Ability to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Other requirements
* Possession of a clean UK driving licence
* Ability to travel to all Trust locations to carry out post
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 Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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