Deadline: 26 April 2026
Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year pa
Job summary
We are excited to offer a Therapy Assistant Practitioner role on Beech Ward. Beech Ward is a 24-bed inpatient unit which provides high quality specialist stroke rehabilitation, for adults of all ages. You will be a core member of our interdisciplinary team, working collaboratively with patients and their families to optimise function and level of dependency post stroke.
This post requires management of a caseload and participation in multidisciplinary discussions and meetings as well as support for therapy support workers and students.
Some experience of working in stroke rehabilitation and/ or neurology is desirable but not essential
Main duties of the job
- The assistant practitioner will contribute to the delivery of high standards of rehabilitation to patients following a stroke within the Stroke Rehabilitation Team.
- They will have responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the Stroke Rehabilitation Team and will be expected to communicate with a range of people on a range of matters (including the wider multi-disciplinary team) within the clinical department and/or ward, community setting and acute settings.
- The assistant practitioner will have a responsibility to provide quality services to patients under the supervision of a registered Therapist.
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation degree Health and Social Care or equivalent
- A-levels and GCSEs or equivalent(s), including Functional Skills (level 2)
Desirable
- Demonstrable knowledge and skills acquired through training and experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a care/rehabilitation setting
- Evidence of recent mandatory training
- Involvement in care planning
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Previous experience of being a generic worker within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working within a stroke rehabilitation environment
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use own initiative
- Good observational and organisational skills
- Evidence of own development through PDP
- Understanding of the needs of patients undergoing rehabilitation
- Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
- Knowledge of the role of other members of the multidisciplinary team
- IT knowledge
- Observation and reporting skills
- Recognise own limitation and reports as appropriate
- Leadership skills
- Able to provide high standards of care
Desirable
- Willingness to develop new skills relevant to role
- 2 Years’ experience
- Undertaken audits
Communication
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Able to communicate effectively using the English Language in both verbal and written form
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to manage stressful, distressing and emotionally difficult situations
- Demonstrates sensitivity and patience
- Conducts self and behaves in a professional manner at all times
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
Personal Attributes / Behaviours (linked to the Trust’s Behaviour Framework)
Essential
- Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding
- Possess drive and enthusiasm
- Tact, diplomacy, empathy and sensitivity
Other
Essential
- Able to make own travelling arrangements to meet the needs the service
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to work over a 7 day rota
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
