Therapy Assistant | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,169 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7276190/214-CSTO-7276190 |
Summary
Join Our Stroke Therapy Team at King’s Mill Hospital!
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate individual to join our Stroke Therapy Team as a Therapy Assistant.
In this rewarding role, you’ll play a vital part in supporting patients on their rehabilitation journey after stroke—helping them regain independence and improve their quality of life.
Why Join Us?
• Be part of a proactive, friendly, and supportive team
• Gain hands-on experience in a dynamic clinical environment
• Develop your skills and grow your career within a forward-thinking NHS Trust
Whether you're starting out or looking to build on your experience, we’d love to hear from you. Come and be part of something truly meaningful.
Get in touch today—we can’t wait to meet you!
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
The successful candidate must be reliable, enthusiastic, and have an empathetic outlook. Good initiative, observation and listening skills and the ability to work well as part of a team. To work with patients, alongside therapists to achieve the maximum level of functional independence and outcomes.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9thApril, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025
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