Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site City Care Centre Town Peterborough Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2025 23:59
Therapy Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
To work as a member of an interdisciplinary community inpatient healthcare team, working across health and social care boundaries.
With training, use skills from the professional areas of: Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Medicines Management to undertake tasks as delegated in order to meet the individual needs of service users.
To report changes or progress to a registered professional and participate with them in reviewing care plans
Main duties of the job
* To carry out duties delegated and supervised by registered professionals.
* To assist in the delivery of high standards of health care and support patients within the community inpatient setting.
* Providing care to patients with deterioration in their health or function
* To implement therapy interventions and treatment plans, such as exercise programmes (group or individual), provision of mobility aid, measuring and fitting adaptive equipment, minor adaptions.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
* Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with a range of conditions under the supervision of a registered practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
* To carry out delegated initial assessments and report back to a registered professional
* To adhere to risk assessments and health and safety assessments, including making an evaluation of a patient conditions and reporting any changes. Newly identified risks.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 or equivalent of knowledge and experience,
* Good general education up to GCSE equivalent.
* Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework
* Chair Based and Strength and Balance exercise training, or willingness to undertake
Experience
* Experience of working in a healthcare environment or care environment
* Experience of caring for adults and older people with physical and/or mental health conditions, a particular interest in this age group and their welfare/rehabilitation.
* Experience of supporting people to be independent
* Knowledge of the role of registered professional OT and/or Physiotherapist
* Use of adaptive equipment
Skills & Abilities
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
* Good Communication Skills
* Ability to record messages and information in an accurate and concise way
* Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
* Ability to work well within a team as well as individually.
* Ability to manage self and prioritise own workload
* Basic computer skills Understanding that this post supports different health systems
* Experience of using Systm One or a similar patient record system
* Professional attitude
* Caring, approachable and courteous manner
* Punctual and reliable
* Team player
Physical Requirements
* The ability to: kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
* Move and manoeuvre people and equipment
* Manoeuvre patients using moving and handling aids
* Able to travel around their work base locality
Other
* Positive approach to patients/service users
* Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
* Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
* Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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