Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 412-COMM-8232433
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Therapy Centre
- Town
- Winsford
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapy Assistant - Experts at Hand
NHS AfC: Band 4
Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?
Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future-facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.
We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.
Find out more about CCICP: Community Services (CCICP): Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Here more from our people on the ‘Community Conversations’ podcast: Community Conversations Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
Don’t just take our word for it…
Our Annual Staff Survey results say
· Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work
· 90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other
· 88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority
· Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career
· If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided
We are recognised nationally
· With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team
· Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards.
· Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK
· Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West
Job overview
Do you have a passion for helping children and young people achieve their full potential?
We are looking for 4 motivated and enthusiastic Therapy Assistant Practitioners to join our innovative Experts at Hand team, supporting the delivery of high-quality occupational therapy services for children and young people across Cheshire West and Chester.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside Occupational Therapists within a specialist consultation and support service, helping education settings, families and professionals develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to support children's participation, independence and wellbeing.
As part of the Occupational Therapy team, you will work closely with schools, families and multidisciplinary colleagues to support the implementation of occupational therapy recommendations, sensory strategies and therapeutic programmes. You will play a key role in helping children and young people access meaningful activities, engage in learning and achieve positive outcomes in their everyday environments.
Main duties of the job
The main duties for the role are as follows:
- · To support the service delivery of the Sensory Processing Support Service (SPOTSS) in a graduated approach.
- · To support in the delivery of Universal and Targeted training sessions to a variety of stakeholders, including education colleagues, health colleagues, parents and wider MDT. This is likely to be both virtual and in person training.
- · To assist in the management and treatment of patients under the guidance of a qualified clinician.
· To follow departmental protocols and guidelines referring to a qualified clinician who is available for advice.
· To independently carry out specified assessments, interventions and programmes as planned and discussed with a qualified clinician.
· To monitor and report progress of patients during the implementation of planned interventions and programmes.
· To hold a caseload as delegated by a qualified clinician, reporting back at agreed timescales, highlighting any necessary actions.
· To work with an individual or group in a variety of settings appropriate to the patients need.
· To modify interventions and programmes within defined parameters and within practice scope.
· To support with service development alongside the rest of the SPOTSS Team
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community services for East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). Our services include planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care, child health, maternity, and intermediate care across Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
Through our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, we deliver extensive services in 26 medical centres and schools in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With 500 beds and around 5,500 staff, we are one of the area’s largest employers.
Since the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust has become a key partner in Cheshire East & Cheshire West and Chester and in two provider collaboratives, aligning our strategic goals with the Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System.
As part of the national New Hospital Programme, we’re reimagining Leighton Hospital to create a new health and care neighbourhood, transforming healthcare delivery for a Healthier Future. Learn more on our Healthier Futures website.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information around the job description and main responsibilities of the role are included in the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working in school settings
- Experience of working with children with sensory difficulties
- Experience of working with health colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Experience of agile working
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate qualification - Associate Practitioner or Teaching Assistant / Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications appropriate to role
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills
- Able to utilise MS Packages i.e. MS Office and Teams
- Car driver
- Team working skills
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marie Alexander
- Job title
- Team Leader - SPOTSS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0755 2203 772
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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