Therapy Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,643.00 to £30,336.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27643.00 - £30336.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 March 2026 |
| Location: | York, YO24 1GL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0343-26-0004 |
Summary
The Therapy Assistant provides essential support to the multidisciplinary therapy team, assisting in the delivery of high-quality patient care. This role involves implementing therapy programs under the guidance of qualified therapists, supporting patients in achieving their rehabilitation goals, and ensuring a safe and effective therapy environment. Main duties and responsibilities Professional 1. Prepare, carry out and monitor assessment, treatments and discharge within therapy/nursing for generalist palliative patients in line with predetermined department protocols. 2. Carry out and contribute to planned programmes of rehabilitation to meet individual patient and family circumstances related to communication, cognition, emotional and physical impairments of both generalist and specialist patients. Modify and progress interventions as and when required. 3. Prepare and develop individual/group activities for patients to meet defined intervention needs. 4. Use appropriate methods of communication with patients, families and carers in order to maximise rehabilitation and understand their conditions. 5. Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit and that the inputting of information into systems is completed concisely, accurately, and timely in line with service standards. 6. Provide basic equipment and be responsible for ensuring that it is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained. Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems. 7. Support the transfer of care of patients process; assessment of need, ordering of equipment, home/ access visits as required to support a safe and supported transfer. 8. Complete and send therapy reports for packages of care. 9. Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks such as answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data. 10. Communicate to qualified staff issues relating to unexpected changes with patients, service shortfalls, potential risks and service pressures. Education 1. Support the education programme by facilitating manual handing training to clinical teams so that staff are safe in their manual handling practice. Ensure it remains evidence based and in response to local practice / incidents. 2. Within scope of competence, support patient education to promote therapeutic outcomes.