Senior Generic Therapy Assistant

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated therapy assistant looking to make a real difference? Join our Urgent & Emergency Care Team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

As a Senior Generic Therapy Assistant, you will work alongside our dedicated therapists, providing essential support to ensure responsive, flexible, and high-quality therapy interventions for patients. You'll be based within our front door services at King's Mill Hospital, where your skills and dedication will help improve patient outcomes from the very start of their hospital journey.

What You'll Be Doing:

? Collaborating with therapists to assess and support patients with complex needs.? Independently conducting simple assessments and implementing treatment plans within your scope of practice.? Making informed decisions on treatment options in line with agreed guidelines, protocols, and therapy plans.? Supporting and enhancing therapy services to help patients regain their independence and quality of life.

Why Join Us?

This is more than just a job--it's a chance to make a meaningful impact every day. As part of our team, you'll contribute to continuous service improvement, ensuring that our patients receive the highest standard of care in a dynamic and supportive environment.

If you are passionate about patient care and eager to develop your skills in a fast-paced setting, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation.

We would love you to join us.