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Job summary

Main area
General Medicine
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
310-OPAC-7446391
Employer
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Care Centre
Town
Peterborough
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust logo

Therapy Assistant

Band 3

Job overview

To work as a member of an interdisciplinary community inpatient healthcare team, working across health and social care boundaries.

With training, use skills from the professional areas of:  Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Medicines Management to undertake tasks as delegated in order to meet the individual needs of service users.

To report changes or progress to a registered professional and participate with them in reviewing care plans

Main duties of the job

  • To carry out duties delegated and supervised by registered professionals.
  • To assist in the delivery of high standards of health care and support patients within the community inpatient setting.
  • Providing care to patients with deterioration in their health or function
  • To implement therapy interventions and treatment plans, such as exercise programmes (group or individual), provision of mobility aid, measuring and fitting adaptive equipment, minor adaptions.

Working for our organisation

 Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

  • Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with a range of conditions under the supervision of a registered practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
  • To carry out delegated initial assessments and report back to a registered professional
  • To adhere to risk assessments and health and safety assessments, including making an evaluation of a patient conditions and reporting any changes. Newly identified risks.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 or equivalent of knowledge and experience,
  • Good general education up to GCSE equivalent.
  • Willingness to undertake training to meet competency framework
Desirable criteria
  • Chair Based and Strength and Balance exercise training, or willingness to undertake
  • NVQ Level 3 Care Award (certificate & portfolio)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a healthcare environment or care environment
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of caring for adults and older people with physical and/or mental health conditions, a particular interest in this age group and their welfare/rehabilitation.
  • Experience of supporting people to be independent
  • Knowledge of the role of registered professional OT and/or Physiotherapist
  • Use of adaptive equipment

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
  • Good Communication Skills
  • Ability to record messages and information in an accurate and concise way
  • Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
  • Ability to work well within a team as well as individually.
  • Ability to manage self and prioritise own workload
  • Basic computer skills Understanding that this post supports different health systems
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using Systm One or a similar patient record system

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria
  • Professional attitude
  • Caring, approachable and courteous manner
  • Punctual and reliable
  • Maintains confidentiality
  • Honest
  • Team player

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • The ability to: kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
  • Move and manoeuvre people and equipment
  • Manoeuvre patients using moving and handling aids
  • Able to travel around their work base locality

Other

Essential criteria
  • Positive approach to patients/service users
  • Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
  • Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
  • Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itStep into healthMenopause Workplace PledgeArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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
Caitlin Kennedy
Job title
Clinical Therapy Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01733 847125
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