Therapy Assistant
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7LD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9321-26-0293 |
Summary
Job description To arrange appropriate appointments by person, telephone or letter and co-ordinate specialist requests liaising with clinicians and administrative teams. To deal proactively and efficiently with telephone enquiries from patients, carers and other service users professionally, ensuring, where possible, that the callers needs are met or they are transferred to the most appropriate person. To assist in the maintenance of the department equipment stocks Work flexibly within the team, providing support to professional colleagues and the multidisciplinary team and provide cover for other areas within paediatrics during annual leave, busy periods and where there is an imbalance of work. To assist the staff with the management of patients referred to the department. To include: Assisting with the management of orthopaedic patients to include casting appointments with indirect supervision Hydrotherapy which would involve entering the pool. Assisting in the management of babies being treated for hip dysplasia To work with children of all ages and their families, understanding the nature of their admission and assisting practitioners in therapeutic goals. To carry out data collection as required by the therapy team, including entering data onto the computer data collection system. To help maintain a clean and safe working environment. To attend all mandatory training as required by the Trust particularly Fire, Manual Handling, Basic Life Support and complete Information Governance training on-line Responsibilities To maintain good working relationships with the multi-disciplinary teams in the outpatient department and other colleagues within the Childrens therapy team To ensure effective communication and documentation with the therapy team, other health professional and patients/parents/guardians. To participate in the departmental induction and training of new or temporary staff and continued training of existing staff. Attend all statutory training for Health & Safety, and attend training sessions and meeting which are appropriate to the post. To ensure that Trust Data Quality procedures are adhered to at all times. To participate in meeting infection control standards of equipment used by Childrens Therapy team. To undertake any other activities as required by the Therapies team. Communication To be able to communicate effectively with the wider multidisciplinary team, attending meetings and providing handover and feedback as necessary. To communicate effectively and sensitively to patients and their families/ guardians face to face and via telephone. To be able to use email and telephone to contact patients/ parents/ guardians