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Job summary

Main area
Rehabilitation
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Hours to be rostered over 7 days including bank holidays and weekends)
Job ref
083-7455637-SL
Employer
Sirona care & health CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sub-acute Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, Ward 100
Town
Hengrove way
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/10/2025 08:00

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Therapy Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.

Job overview

Are you looking to develop your career in Rehabilitation?

We are looking for a Rehabilitation Support Worker to join our therapy stroke rehabilitation team in South Bristol Community Hospital. 

You will be working with experienced health care professionals as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team who will give support, joint working, regular supervision, appraisal, competencies and  training programme.

The unit consists of 30 beds at South Bristol Community Hospital, which provides a purpose built environment where patients who are ‘medically stable’ can receive stroke rehabilitation assessment, along with focused therapy and support from our multidisciplinary team. 

Main duties of the job

  • Promote optimum independence through encouraging rehabilitation techniques.
  • As a therapy support worker you will be a key figure in completing the day to day rehabilitation with patients under the instruction of the lead therapists. You will be required to provide feedback on patients' progress and help to ensure that they achieve their maximum potential.
  • Undertake a range of delegated clinical and therapy led activities to support patients on the caseload.
  • To provide safe, patient centred, effective and evidence-based clinical activities.
  • The post holder will work under direct supervision and be responsible to senior therapists providing one to one and group rehabilitation.
  • You will work within the Adult Service to deliver a full range of health and social care activities, both acute and long term, supported by a robust competency framework to adults within the complex assessment beds.
  • You will be part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team (MDT), which includes nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other Allied Healthcare Professionals

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

All interviews will take place in person (unless to accommodate for a reasonable adjustment) 

Person specification

Supporting Information

Essential criteria
  • Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards
Desirable criteria
  • Apprenticeship in Health (level 3)

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team but also to act on own initiative
  • Please provide an example where you have communicated effectively with patients / service users to resolve an issue
  • Experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting
  • Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS
  • Able to communicate clearly verbal/written/electronic e.g. with people who have barriers in communication
Desirable criteria
  • Recent relevant experience within a rehabilitation setting
  • Experience of working with stroke / neurology and/ or other complex

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elodie Lovesey
Job title
Clinical and Operational Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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