Senior Therapy Support Worker (OT) | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	04 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£24,625 - £25,674 pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	03 August 2025
Location:	Chesterfield, S44 5BL
Company:	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7229301/166-DCSC-7229301

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapy Senior Therapy Support worker to join our Stroke team.

As a Senior Therapy Support worker you will be assessing and treating patients in a range of daily activities to encourage functional independence in preparation for their discharge from hospital.You will be required to identify goals and provide rehabilitation to increase a patients independence and safety. You will be supported to provide physical, cognitive and psychology rehabilitation during your therapy sessions.

You will be working under the guidance of an established and supportive team of qualified Occupational Therapists (OT), Physiotherapists (PT) and other therapy support staff within the services.

You will be supported to develop the skills to work independently, to provide delivery of care including liaison with patients, family members, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies

IT skills are required, as the service operates with electronic patient records.

There is a commitment to support 7-day services, so flexibility to work weekends on a rota system will be required.

As part of this role, you will be expected to work in an inpatient setting and in the community, within patients homes. You will be expected to have your own caseload and support the qualified staff with more complex cases. You will need to be able to manage your time effectively and independently.



Please see the attached document for Senior Therapy Support Worker (Occupational Therapy) Job Description.

As a trust we offer

· onsite parking,

· wellbeing hub

o counselling,

o onsite exercise classes,

o the royal mile (one mile circuit around the hospital grounds),

· a number of refreshment outlets,

· onsite post office

· cash machines,

· fruit and vegetable stall that visits throughout the week

· outdoor seating areas to facilitate staff breaks.

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As a department we offer:

· apprenticeship schemes,

· departmental emotional support,

· regular catch ups with head of department

· regular supervision

· yearly appraisal

· weekly whole team meetings

· in-service training programmes

· formal and informal support

· wellbeing champion

Please see the attached document for Senior Therapy Support Worker (Occupational Therapy) Job Description.


This advert closes on Sunday 20 Jul 2025

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