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Therapy Support Worker-Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
| Posting date: | 23 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7169472/361-7169472 |
Summary
A Vacancy at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust.
We are recruiting for a Therapy Support Worker who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual to fill our Therapy Support Worker vacancy here at East and North Herts NHS Trust.
You will be required to undertake therapy support work (for occupational therapy and physiotherapy) to provide treatment and rehabilitation to patients on wards at the Lister Hospital and to support in the discharge planning of patients.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
To undertake specific skilled Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in a variety of specialities within the Therapy Service.
To accept patients referred by a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist and carry as own patient caseload. To treat patients according to set protocols, monitoring patient progression, making minor alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.
To work without direct supervision within the Therapy Service undertaking tasks delegated by a qualified therapist.
To report back patient progress and inform the therapist of any issues or concerns.
To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team to contribute to smooth and effective delivery of the Therapy service.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Friday 6 Jun 2025
We are recruiting for a Therapy Support Worker who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual to fill our Therapy Support Worker vacancy here at East and North Herts NHS Trust.
You will be required to undertake therapy support work (for occupational therapy and physiotherapy) to provide treatment and rehabilitation to patients on wards at the Lister Hospital and to support in the discharge planning of patients.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
To undertake specific skilled Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in a variety of specialities within the Therapy Service.
To accept patients referred by a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist and carry as own patient caseload. To treat patients according to set protocols, monitoring patient progression, making minor alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.
To work without direct supervision within the Therapy Service undertaking tasks delegated by a qualified therapist.
To report back patient progress and inform the therapist of any issues or concerns.
To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team to contribute to smooth and effective delivery of the Therapy service.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Friday 6 Jun 2025