Therapy AssistantNHS
Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Therapy Team as a dedicated Therapy Assistant, supporting patients across the Inpatient Unit (IPU), Wellbeing Centre, and within the community.
Main duties of the job
Therapy Assistant role involves:
- Providing graded therapeutic intervention for individual patients to maintain or improve function.
- To undertake assessments and treatments for patients that have been screened by a therapist.
- Develop rapport with patients and encourage participation in a manner which promotes dignity, self-esteem, and choice.
Job description
About You:
Are you an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated individual who enjoys a varied workload? Would you find it rewarding to to help people maintain independence, function and wellbeing?
This dynamic and rewarding role offers the opportunity to work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and the wider Wellbeing Team to deliver high-quality palliative rehabilitative care.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of therapeutic interventions, contributing to service development, and ensuring patients receive holistic, person-centred care across a variety of settings.
This post is offered on a full time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence.
About us
About Us:
St Catherines Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.
We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, wed love to hear from you.