Band 4
Main area
Therapies
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time hours per week (Additional hours working on weekend rota's)
Job ref
FM-AG-VCG
Site
St Helier
Town
Carshalton
Salary
£32,199 - £34,876 pa pro rata Incl. HCAS (Outer)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/09/2025 23:59
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Job overview
Acute Therapies Assistant Band 4
A great opportunity has arisen for a B4 technician, based at St Helier Hospital
This role is to assist Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in providing a high standard of therapy services to in-patients within Orthopaedics at St. Helier Hospital and to undertake duties to support the smooth functioning of the therapy departments and service.
Main duties of the job
* To provide specialist and skilled assistance in the delivery of Physiotherapy services for adults and older people.
* To screen new patients and where able to review and discharge
* To plan, review and independently implement specialist rehabilitation and enablement programs for a variety of clients in varying settings, within a defined area of competence.
* To work closely with Multidisciplinary Teams and other professionals, particularly in relation to patient mobility and enablement, including assessment for and provision of appropriate equipment, and to assist in the development of good working relationships with statutory, voluntary and independent organisations.
Working for our organisation
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Education history including GCSE 1-9 or equivalent
* A good understanding of the role of Physiotherapy
* Completion of Care Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
* Previous experience of working within an acute hospital setting
* Evidence of self motivated working
* Previous experience of working as a therapy assistant
Personal skills
Essential criteria
* Evidence of good team working
* Evidence of good communication
* Evidence of good initiative
* Evidence of good time keeping
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of IT competence
Working under pressure
Essential criteria
* Evidence of working in stressful environments
* Ability to work cross site as required
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.