Therapy Assistant Stroke/Neuro Early Supported Discharge
| Posting date: | 10 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,071 - £25,674 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7321419/153-ME04780 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to be able to offer an exciting opportunity to come and work in our UHD Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team as a Band 3 Therapy Assistant. These roles involve working closely alongside patients with stroke and neurological conditions in their home environment to provide intensive rehabilitation and promote independence.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to work in our team and applicants should be able to demonstrate a high level of professionalism and commitment in their work. Good organisational and team-working skills are essential, as is the ability to work under pressure. The applicant will need to show excellent communication skills and a high level of compassionate care, tact and empathy whilst working with patients, families and carer, making a real difference to recovery!
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth or Poole Hospitals or Canfor House - base to be confirmed with successful candidate.
Interview Date: TBC
The Stroke ESD Team help to support people to be discharged home immediately after discharge from hospital, with evidence strongly supporting that patients improve more effectively in their home environments. ESD works to promote independence and some of the tasks you may be supporting patients with could include balance, mobility, arm function, communication, returning to everyday activities, personal care, and memory and accessing the community again as well as returning to work and hobbies.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a close multidisciplinary team alongside speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and nursing colleagues, helping to deliver therapy for each of these disciplines. They will be able to work both autonomously and jointly with colleagues. There will be many chances to develop knowledge and skills in both formal and informal settings.
The post-holder will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car. It is also essential to have some basic IT skills. Experience of working in a hospital or healthcare setting is essential.
Working Hours: 22.5 hours per week with a 1 in 6 weekend working pattern with allocated enhancements. The shifts will be 8-4 pm and 10-6pm.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth or Poole Hospitals - base to be confirmed with successful candidate.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Jul 2025
We are delighted to be able to offer an exciting opportunity to come and work in our UHD Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team as a Band 3 Therapy Assistant. These roles involve working closely alongside patients with stroke and neurological conditions in their home environment to provide intensive rehabilitation and promote independence.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to work in our team and applicants should be able to demonstrate a high level of professionalism and commitment in their work. Good organisational and team-working skills are essential, as is the ability to work under pressure. The applicant will need to show excellent communication skills and a high level of compassionate care, tact and empathy whilst working with patients, families and carer, making a real difference to recovery!
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth or Poole Hospitals or Canfor House - base to be confirmed with successful candidate.
Interview Date: TBC
The Stroke ESD Team help to support people to be discharged home immediately after discharge from hospital, with evidence strongly supporting that patients improve more effectively in their home environments. ESD works to promote independence and some of the tasks you may be supporting patients with could include balance, mobility, arm function, communication, returning to everyday activities, personal care, and memory and accessing the community again as well as returning to work and hobbies.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a close multidisciplinary team alongside speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and nursing colleagues, helping to deliver therapy for each of these disciplines. They will be able to work both autonomously and jointly with colleagues. There will be many chances to develop knowledge and skills in both formal and informal settings.
The post-holder will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car. It is also essential to have some basic IT skills. Experience of working in a hospital or healthcare setting is essential.
Working Hours: 22.5 hours per week with a 1 in 6 weekend working pattern with allocated enhancements. The shifts will be 8-4 pm and 10-6pm.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth or Poole Hospitals - base to be confirmed with successful candidate.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Jul 2025
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