Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8208057-A
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Michael's Site
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £33,262 - £36,027 Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Rehabilitation Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 4
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
The post holders will be an integral member of the Enfield Adult Community Rehab Team. 1 role is 37.5 hrs, 2nd role is 18hrs 45mins.
The post holders will be developed to take short term responsibility for the effective planning and delivery of care to patients in co-operation with other team members and in communication with other clinical team leaders.
The post holder will be required to support clinicians staff with oversing education programmes and also to visit patients in their own homes to carry out prescribed treatment and assess for and provide appropriate O/T equipment or mobility aids directly or by prescription.
The post holder will work alone and will be required to use a degree of initiative while working within the parameters of the team’s policies and procedures.
The post holder may be required to work at times in other services dependent on integration and service need.
The post holder will be an integral member of the multi professional teams, which is in partnership with the voluntary sector in delivering and their carers.
A full UK driving licence Car owner/driver for work purposes.
Main duties of the job
To undertake clinical work delegated from the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients.
To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of community based therapeutic activities.
To contribute to all stages of the therapeutic process including: - Referral taking and information gathering through liaison with clients, their informal carers, and colleagues from health and other agencies.
Completing simple assessments, through interview and observation of functional tasks.
Identifying needs and forming goals and plans for interventions.
Completing a wide range of interventions including: - giving advice; home exercise programmes; rehabilitations programmes; equipment provision; and simple home adaptations, such as, banister rails and half steps.
Evaluate client progress through regular re-assessment and ensure continuous progression by graded activity.
Contribute to formal therapy assessments and provide feedback.
Review of clients after completion of minor adaptations to home environment.
Discharge planning and discharge.
Working for our organisation
North Mid in the community is part of Royal Free London group and North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
This role is within the community, under North Mid in the community. The role based within the London Borough of Enfield EN2. Enfield has great road transport links A10, A406, M25 and A1/M1 and easily accessible bus, train and tube links.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To use clinical reasoning throughout the therapeutic process.
To carry out rehabilitation programmes crossing physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
To recognise changes in a patient’s condition and report to the appropriate health professional.
Undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.
The post requires the use of equipment and skills that necessitates the use of specific therapeutic handling and management techniques.
To liaise with the voluntary sector partners with regard to individual patients as required.
To adhere to the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and all other relevant policies and procedures.
To respond promptly to any incident where service quality has fallen below an acceptable standard and report to supervisor, the clinical team leader or team manager.
To utilise varied communication techniques and resources to ensure two way understanding e.g. Non-verbal, hearing and visual impairments cultural / language differences.
Person specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant qualification e.g. C & G Health & Social Care NVQ 3 or equivalent
- Training courses relevant to care group
- English qualification at GSCE or equivalent level.
Desirable criteria
- Trusted Assessor
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience at working at band 3 level in a physical rehabilitation setting or experience within a social care setting
- Knowledge of the ranges of equipment relevant to clinical area
- Knowledge and experience of working with patients who have physical health disabilities / or impairments
- Evidence of working with and caring for adults either in an acute, community NHS or social care setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Rio
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously & set own priorities
- Insight into the needs of patients with long-term conditions and their carers
- Ability to organise & respond effectively to complex information
Others
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence Car owner/driver for work purposes
- Ability to fulfil routine duties, both physically and mentally, including all aspects of moving and handling patients.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Hitchman
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Adult Community Rehabilitation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02045532694
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