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Job summary

Main area
Rehabilitation
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT9408
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Wessex Rehab - Therapy Assistant

Band 3

 


Job overview

At Wessex Rehab, we go beyond standard outpatient rehabilitation. Within the spacious facility you’ll find a large gym and private treatment areas, as well as our more unusual therapy spaces including a bouldering wall, industrial workshop and hydrotherapy pool. Patients referred to our facility have often suffered significant; life changing physical injuries and have undergone advanced and interesting surgical reconstruction.

As part of the multi-disciplinary specialist team, you’ll treat patients with a range of injuries and conditions affecting Upper Limb and Lower Limbs and also patient with long term pain conditions.

You will assist in the delivery of tailored rehabilitation programmes in both 1:1 and group environments. It is essential that you enjoy working with other therapists and approach complex problems with optimism and flexibility. The post holder will spend multiple sessions per week with each service user and will be expected to support therapists as they guide them from the acute stage, through advanced rehab and toward long term goals including return to work and sports participation.

 Please follow the link for a Virtual Tour of Wessex Rehab: https://youtu.be/ynkAv5kljV8

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Wessex Rehab therapy team in providing a high standard of specialist rehabilitation to patients from a range of complex trauma, chronic pain and limb loss referral pathways.

To deliver and adapt patient’s therapy treatment plans within boundaries as agreed with the senior therapist.

To run group and 1:1 exercise and activity sessions in a variety of locations, including the gym, industrial workshop, kitchen and garden spaces.

To work under the supervision of an HCPC registered therapist (PT / OT) to deliver prescribed treatments across professional disciplines.

To participate in multi-disciplinary discussions

To develop and maintain the skills necessary to meet the requirements of the post, utilising a variety of learning opportunities

 To carry out administrative tasks as required to support the Wessex Rehab service

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities 

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities 

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • A qualification at Level 2 in the QCF or NVQ framework in a relevant subject, or equivalent
  • Qualifications in Maths and English
Desirable criteria
  • QCF or NVQ Level 3 in Therapeutic or Diagnostic Support or related topic, or other relevant training eg A-Levels

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a role with direct patient / client contact
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of dealing with the emotional and physical needs of patients or others
  • Recent experience of working in a therapy or nursing support worker role or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to learn, teach and implement physical skills
  • Ability to undertake basic administrative tasks eg photocopying, filing and answering the telephone
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of human anatomy and normal function

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyPeople PromiseNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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
Rosa Louden
Job title
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336 262
Additional information

Ext. 2375

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