Therapy Assistant Practitioner (Outpatients)
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 March 2026 |
| Location: | Gobowen, Oswestry, SY107AG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9224-26-0068 |
Summary
To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, representing the Therapy Service, establishing effective communication with colleagues, patients and carers, and maintaining interactions with external agencies. To use an evidence-based, person-centred approach in the planning, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of agreed interventions following guidelines and protocols to promote the functional independence of patients. To provide specialist rehabilitation skills in both individual and group sessions, progressing patients as appropriate, at the direction of a physiotherapist or occupational therapist in unsupervised settings. To hold responsibility for own caseload, working without direct supervision within the remit of the post. Formal supervision will take place regularly and access to advice and support from a registered therapist; clinical work is routinely evaluated. To work within agreed protocols and own competencies referring cases that progress to complex back to the Therapist, or where appropriate, to continue after advice has been given. Clinical To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and support more junior staff to do likewise. To apply appropriate anatomy and physiology knowledge specific to a patient group to facilitate appropriate decision making. To be able to recognise the needs of a patient based on their planned condition, functional status and co morbidities. This may include provision of equipment, walking aids or referral to external agencies on discharge. To be involved in the timely assessment and ensure completion of the relevant paperwork to support clinical justification. Being responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment used in Therapy Outpatients to ensure the safe use of therapeutic equipment. To assess the patients understanding of therapeutic and treatment proposals, gain their valid informed consent. To communicate effectively with patients and their carers, to maximise rehabilitation potential and therapeutic goals. To develop and maintain skills required to provide and receive sensitive or contentious information, from patients and carers. The skills required include those of persuasion, motivation, negotiation, training, empathy and reassurance. To provide accurate feedback to the Therapist of any change in the patients condition where the patients presentation differs from that identified with the agreed protocols and guidelines or that falls beyond own competency levels. To be able to recognise and act accordingly when treating a deteriorating patient who requires intervention from another profession such as nurses, doctors or other health professionals. To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date records for your patients, in line with legal and clinical requirements. Be able to communicate assessment and treatment outcomes to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports or letters when appropriate. Professional To set high personal and professional standards of work within the Trust clinical guidelines. Be aware of and work to Trust and Departmental policies, procedures and guidelines. To use the Trust values at all times as a framework for own behaviour and encourage others to do the likewise, ensuring the values underpin all that is done by the Therapy team. To respond positively to service change and development. Contribute ideas for future development through agreed Trust and Departmental policies and procedures. To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of supervision and participation in organisational appraisal system. Undertaking relevant activities to meet development objectives as identified through the performance review process. To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through continued professional development activities e.g. a portfolio / professional diary that reflects personal development and practically demonstrates theory learned. To attend all statutory and mandatory training as required and be responsible for applying the learnt principles to everyday practice. Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at and participation in CPD and IST programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, internal/external courses and peer review. To be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment by patients, carers and other healthcare professionals, through teaching, training and supervision of practice. To assist in providing guidance and supervision to junior staff and students within the team. To promote and support patients rights, by promoting individual choice, respecting their beliefs, and ensuring privacy and dignity at all times. To take on the optional responsibility of link training or additional duty within the department as requested. Organisational To be responsible for organising and planning own work caseload to meet service and patient priorities, realising the need to be flexible and being able to adjust plans as situations arise. To attend departmental and team meetings and contribute ideas for the progress and planning of the service provided. To comply with departmental and organisational policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as requested. To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data or statistics for use in service audit and research projects.