Job overview
Exciting opportunity with the Trauma Therapies Inpatient Team
We are offering a full-time Band Therapy Assistant role within the Trauma Therapies Team at the John Radcliffe Hospital. This post is ideal for an experienced Band NHS healthcare worker looking to progress to Band, or an existing Band seeking experience within a trauma-focused multidisciplinary team.
We are looking for a motivated, proactive, and patient‑focused individual with previous NHS experience and a passion for rehabilitation following traumatic injury. Excellent communication skills, a compassionate approach, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a busy MDT are essential.
The role includes combined Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and administrative duties, supporting trauma, plastics, and major trauma centre patients across JR wards, predominantly within the Trauma Centre.
We offer a robust induction, regular supervision, ongoing training, and opportunities to participate in quality improvement and service development.
Interviews:
1. Face‑to‑face, JR Level Physiotherapy Outpatients (Tel: )
2. VBI and technical interview held consecutively (~ hour each)
3. Held from Tuesday th March
4. Contact Angela Maset / Alia Grist via email to book a slot or request an alternative date
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Main duties of the job
5. To work flexibly as a key member of the Trauma Therapy team and the wider trauma multidisciplinary team.
6. To assist the Therapy team in rehabilitating patients following trauma/ polytrauma /spinal, plastics & MSK injuries that may require orthopaedic /spinal & plastic surgery to optimise patient recovery and outcomes.
7. To support patient centred rehabilitation to facilitate timely, safe discharge, reflecting individual choice and maximising an individual’s independence.
8. To establish & provide holistic interventions for patients without direct supervision, working to establish treatment plans for non-complex patients, apply appropriate protocols whilst always being accountable to a registered practitioner.
9. To accurately record patient information utilising electronic patient records.
10. To record and input patient notes & data onto IT systems as required.
11. To maintain rehabilitation equipment in the department / wards.
12. To support Band therapy assistants
13. To contribute to the trauma therapies team in-service training programmes
14. To complete the trusts’ care certificate and trauma therapies competencies for the role.
15. To undertake quality improvement projects and developments within the trauma therapies team.
16. To comply with trust policies including annual appraisal & monthly supervision sessions.
17. To always uphold and promote trust values
18. To promote and uphold trust ED&I policy
Working for our organisation
The therapies trauma team work within the specialist surgery ward & trauma unit based on the John Radcliffe site; a dedicated unit providing in patient care to patients with a range of orthopaedic traumatic injuries. We also host the Major Trauma Centre ward for patients with serious orthopaedic traumatic injury.
The team is a mixture of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants who together work to provide excellent rehabilitation and post -operative mobilisation to our patients who range from the young adult to the very old.
We work closely as a multidisciplinary team with our nursing and medical colleagues and have an active programme of education, staff support and research.