Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Assistant
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: 4 monthly rotations across Stroke, Medicine, Surgery and Orthopaedic specialities
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7386676
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £24,465 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Therapy Assistant Rotational
Band 2
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a rotational Therapy Assistant to come and work within our Integrated Therapy Team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The post will rotate on a four monthly basis across acute inpatient specialities. These include Trauma and Orthopaedics, Medicine, Surgery and Stroke services.
As part of the rotational service you will work closely with several different disciplines under the supervision/direction of the therapists. You will specifically be learning and carrying out duties for the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. You will have a hands-on role with patients, undertake a variety of clinical tasks and will be supporting the clinical teams with administration duties.
You must be motivated, enthusiastic, demonstrate initiative and commit to assisting with the delivery of high quality care.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To partake in a four monthly rotation working across several inpatient therapy services
- Under the direction of a qualified registered therapist (OT/PT) assist with patient therapy activities
- Prepare patients for treatment ensuring a safe environment
- To be able to accurately report back to the therapists any work undertaken
- Monitor stock and keep up to date with documentation i.e. filing, photocopying
- To assist patient with independent prescribed practice provided by qualified therapists
- To work alongside therapists/other assistants to run patient activity groups when required
- To assist in communication screens when required
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibility for Patient Care
- Under the supervision of a qualified therapist(OT/PT) to assist with patient therapy activities
- To support patients to carry out independent and prescribed practice provided by qualified therapists
- Prepare patients for treatment ensuring a safe environment
- Assist patients/service users/carers/relatives during incidental contacts.
- Evaluate a patient’s condition and report any intervention accurately to a qualified therapist
- May have to undertake tasks that involve promoting independence with personal care
- To contribute to a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care by contribution to the identification of new patients and dissemination of information throughout the team
Communications
- To be able to communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team, under the supervision of a qualified therapist (OT/PT)
- To communicate effectively when giving/receiving verbal and written information
- Report accurately on a patient’s condition/performance to a qualified therapist
- Provide routine information to patients and carers and know how to overcome barriers to understanding
- Complete patients clinical notes according to Trust and departmental standards
- With training be able to confidently communicate with patients with communication difficulties including verbal and non-verbal communication
Planning and organising
- Follow team timetable for patient contact time when required
- Organise and plan own day to day workload or activities in order to meet the demands of the job role
- Carry out tasks required to maintain safety, cleanliness and tidiness of all therapy areas.
- Organise and prioritise workload in consultation with the supervising therapist
- Undertake clerical duties as required
The successful candidate will be provided with relevant training and supervision and appraisal processes are in place to encourage further self-development.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- G.C.S.E. English
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Good numeracy skills
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Diagnostic and Therapy Support
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the role of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy within a hospital setting.
- Knowledge of the multidisciplinary team
Experience
Essential criteria
- Transferable previous life or work experience that would add value to the role
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in Healthcare /Allied Health Professional / Social care setting
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Team Worker
- Awareness of different method of communication
- Basic IT skills, including Microsoft work, how to use excel
- Able to work under supervision, accepting direction, escalating concerns
- Awareness of cultural diversity, equality, disability of staff and service users
- Demonstrates ability to learn new skills effectively
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Able to tolerate sustained physical effort for the majority of duties (e.g moving and handling patients)
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathryn Sykes
- Job title
- Stroke Therapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 5092
- Additional information
Catherine McKenna
0161 419 5270
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