Occupational Therapy Assistant/ Physiotherapy Assistant
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 April 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7785532/321-NOTSS-7574163-B4 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Exciting opportunity with the Trauma Therapies Inpatient Team.
Are you an experienced Band 3 NHS healthcare worker looking to develop your career to band 4 therapy assistant, seeking the opportunity to work within our Trauma Therapies multi-disciplinary team?
We have an exciting opportunity to offer 1 full time band 4 role within the John Radcliffe, Trauma Therapies Team.
We are seeking a candidate that has previous NHS healthcare experience. Candidates must be highly motivated, proactive, enthusiastic & patient-focused to join us. We seek individuals with passion for rehabilitation of patients with traumatic injuries. You must have excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with a caring, compassionate approach to patient care. This post would suit those who thrive in a team but are able to work alone with guidance and support of others.
The role has combined Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and administrative duties, supporting the trauma, plastics and major trauma centre patients across wards in the John Radcliffe hospital, predominantly in the trauma centre.
We offer a robust induction and training package, alongside regular training and supervisions for individual personal and professional development, as well as excellent provision for team involvement with service quality improvements & projects.
Interviews: Dates to be confirmed from 13.04.26 and 14.04.26
2 part interviews = Values based & technical interview conducted face to face only
• To work flexibly as a key member of the Trauma Therapy team and the wider trauma multidisciplinary team.
• To assist the Therapy team in rehabilitating patients following trauma/ polytrauma /spinal, plastics & MSK injuries that may require orthopaedic /spinal & plastic surgery to optimise patient recovery and outcomes.
• To support patient centred rehabilitation to facilitate timely, safe discharge, reflecting individual choice and maximising an individual’s independence.
• To establish & provide holistic interventions for patients without direct supervision, working to establish treatment plans for non-complex patients, apply appropriate protocols whilst always being accountable to a registered practitioner.
• To accurately record patient information utilising electronic patient records.
• To record and input patient notes & data onto IT systems as required.
• To maintain rehabilitation equipment in the department / wards.
• To support Band 3 therapy assistants
• To contribute to the trauma therapies team in-service training programmes
• To complete the trusts’ care certificate and trauma therapies competencies for the role.
• To undertake quality improvement projects and developments within the trauma therapies team.
• To comply with trust policies including annual appraisal & monthly supervision sessions.
• To always uphold and promote trust values
• To promote and uphold trust ED&I policy
The therapies trauma team work within the specialist surgery ward & trauma unit based on the John Radcliffe site; a dedicated unit providing in patient care to patients with a range of orthopaedic traumatic injuries. We also host the Major Trauma Centre ward for patients with serious orthopaedic traumatic injury.
The team is a mixture of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants who together work to provide excellent rehabilitation and post -operative mobilisation to our patients who range from the young adult to the very old.
We work closely as a multidisciplinary team with our nursing and medical colleagues and have an active programme of education, staff support and research.
If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please take the time to contact us to discuss the roles further and arrange a visit using the contact details in the advert.
With best wishes
Alia Grist / Angela Maset
Team Leads for Trauma Therapies In patients
For details regarding the main job description, main tasks and responsibilities if the role, please refer to the job description attachment
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Mar 2026
Exciting opportunity with the Trauma Therapies Inpatient Team.
Are you an experienced Band 3 NHS healthcare worker looking to develop your career to band 4 therapy assistant, seeking the opportunity to work within our Trauma Therapies multi-disciplinary team?
We have an exciting opportunity to offer 1 full time band 4 role within the John Radcliffe, Trauma Therapies Team.
We are seeking a candidate that has previous NHS healthcare experience. Candidates must be highly motivated, proactive, enthusiastic & patient-focused to join us. We seek individuals with passion for rehabilitation of patients with traumatic injuries. You must have excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with a caring, compassionate approach to patient care. This post would suit those who thrive in a team but are able to work alone with guidance and support of others.
The role has combined Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and administrative duties, supporting the trauma, plastics and major trauma centre patients across wards in the John Radcliffe hospital, predominantly in the trauma centre.
We offer a robust induction and training package, alongside regular training and supervisions for individual personal and professional development, as well as excellent provision for team involvement with service quality improvements & projects.
Interviews: Dates to be confirmed from 13.04.26 and 14.04.26
2 part interviews = Values based & technical interview conducted face to face only
• To work flexibly as a key member of the Trauma Therapy team and the wider trauma multidisciplinary team.
• To assist the Therapy team in rehabilitating patients following trauma/ polytrauma /spinal, plastics & MSK injuries that may require orthopaedic /spinal & plastic surgery to optimise patient recovery and outcomes.
• To support patient centred rehabilitation to facilitate timely, safe discharge, reflecting individual choice and maximising an individual’s independence.
• To establish & provide holistic interventions for patients without direct supervision, working to establish treatment plans for non-complex patients, apply appropriate protocols whilst always being accountable to a registered practitioner.
• To accurately record patient information utilising electronic patient records.
• To record and input patient notes & data onto IT systems as required.
• To maintain rehabilitation equipment in the department / wards.
• To support Band 3 therapy assistants
• To contribute to the trauma therapies team in-service training programmes
• To complete the trusts’ care certificate and trauma therapies competencies for the role.
• To undertake quality improvement projects and developments within the trauma therapies team.
• To comply with trust policies including annual appraisal & monthly supervision sessions.
• To always uphold and promote trust values
• To promote and uphold trust ED&I policy
The therapies trauma team work within the specialist surgery ward & trauma unit based on the John Radcliffe site; a dedicated unit providing in patient care to patients with a range of orthopaedic traumatic injuries. We also host the Major Trauma Centre ward for patients with serious orthopaedic traumatic injury.
The team is a mixture of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants who together work to provide excellent rehabilitation and post -operative mobilisation to our patients who range from the young adult to the very old.
We work closely as a multidisciplinary team with our nursing and medical colleagues and have an active programme of education, staff support and research.
If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please take the time to contact us to discuss the roles further and arrange a visit using the contact details in the advert.
With best wishes
Alia Grist / Angela Maset
Team Leads for Trauma Therapies In patients
For details regarding the main job description, main tasks and responsibilities if the role, please refer to the job description attachment
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Mar 2026
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