Therapy Assistant

Job summary

Therapy Assistant

Sue Ryder Southeast Region

Primary base - Sue Ryder Berkshire West, Merlin House, Brunel Road, Theale RG7 4AB

With travel to Duchess of Kent Hospice RG30 2DX & South Oxfordshire Palliative Care Hub OX10 6SL

26.5 hours per week (Monday Friday working week)

£12.26 per hour, plus competitive benefits

* UK Driving and own car essential *

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.

We are there when it matters.

About us

At the Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice and community nursing services across Berkshire West, we look after people living with life-limiting conditions and offer support for families too.

Hospice care is the treatment and support we offer to people with life-limiting conditions. We combine specialist medical care for managing pain and other symptoms, with other emotional, practical and spiritual support.

Main duties of the job

About you

We are looking for an experienced Therapy Assistant to join the team at Sue Ryder Southeast Region. Your role will support the Therapy staff (Physiotherapist and Occupation Therapist) to provide high-quality holistic person-centred care and support to service users to reach their full potential. This role will involve travelling between our Southeast Region services. The primary base will be Berkshire West RG7 4AB, millage will be paid at 45p per mile.

Understanding of health/social care sector work

Experience of working with people in a care setting is desirable but not essential

Skilled in interacting with all types of people

Proven experience of working within a tea

About the job

Please see some of the key responsibilities for Therapy Assistant listed below. Please see Job description for full details.

Together with the multi-disciplinary team responsible to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional needs are addressed.

To support service users with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, who have specialist palliative or neurological needs.

Responsible to ensure that the service users individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged.

Responsible to report status and variances in treatment and condition to the appropriate Therapist at the earliest opportunity and progress treatment as advised by the Therapist.

About us

Benefits

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Company pension scheme

Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply)

27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays

NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply)

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Enhanced sick pay

Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals

Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org

Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.