Therapy Assistant for Inpatient Therapies

Come and join our dynamic, friendly, supportive team of specialist Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists! We are looking for full time Therapy Assistant to work within our inpatient therapy teams at St Peter's Hospital. Our dedicated multidisciplinary team supports patients from admission, through to discharge home or onward rehabilitation. You'd work mainly with Therapists but also alongside other health professions. We have a positive approach to development and value our staff, supporting regular training, supervision and appraisal. You'll manage a caseload with guidance and support non-clinical duties too, like maintenance of equipment and data entry. You'll need to work flexibly sometimes in other areas, e.g. medicine and elderly care., The post-holder will: Assist the therapy teams on the wards, offering a range of treatments under the guidance and supervision of qualified staff to facilitate patients reaching their optimum level of independence and social integration. Support the therapy team in ensuring safe and timely discharges from hospital. Participate in weekend working.

Are you motivated, a good communicator and team worker and have organizational and prioritization skills? If you're enthusiastic and committed to providing high standards, do get in touch.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care. We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics