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Job summary

Main area
Frailty/Emergency Medicine
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Fixed rota, including contributing towards weekends and bank holidays.)
Job ref
320-CDCS-3829
Employer
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Derby Hospital
Town
Derby
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 pro rata pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
14/10/2025

Employer heading

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust logo

Generic Therapy Assistant

Band 3

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services.  The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds.  All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.  This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification.  Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats or  you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on  01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for; 

Job overview

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a band 3 Generic Therapy Assistant post within our well established and friendly Emergency Department and Frailty Therapy Team at Royal Derby Hospital. We are looking for a caring, well-motivated individual to join our multidisciplinary team, and work to provide a 7 day service across the front door services, as well as 2 General Medicine wards we currently cover.

With the majority of our caseload working within Frailty, we are looking for a passionate applicant who has interest in working with Elderly people. Due to the nature of front door services, the successful candidate will have lots of opportunity to work with a very wide range of patients and medical conditions, such as Dementia, Falls, Neurological, respiratory and Musculoskeletal conditions. You will be supported in developing your therapy skills and knowledge, and included in team meetings, in service trainings and service developments.

Must be able to motivate patients to comply with treatment programmes where there may be significant barriers to understanding and compliance. Your communication will require use of a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools in order to gain a successful treatment outcome. Must maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date treatment notes in line with legal and departmental requirements for each patient.

Main duties of the job

You will be working under the supervision of qualified Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy staff to undertake a variety of tasks assisting in the gaining of information, supporting assessments and treatment of patients activities of daily living, functional, mobility and respiratory problems. Tasks for this role may include; assisting the patients with functional activities of daily living, including dressing/undressing, domestic activities, supervising exercises, preparing patients for treatment, assisting patients to increase their independence by using daily living aids. 

There will be a number of non-clinical duties such as clerical or housekeeping tasks, which aids the efficient running of the department.  You will be an excellent communicator, team player and have a basic working knowledge of IT packages.

To be aware at all times of the needs of patients during illness or disability and to promote and encourage independence and restoration of function. To be able to recognise the need to refer back to the Therapist, identifying contra-indications to treatment and signs of deterioration and communicate with the Therapists accordingly. To be able to communicate effectively with patients to gain informed consent to treatment. Assess patient’s understanding of treatment proposals and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Closing date: 29 September 2025

Interview date: 14 October 2025

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

 

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

  • Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
  • On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
  • Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

  • We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
  • We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
  • An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
  • Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
  • Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
  • We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
  • We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  • UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below). 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working with the elderly in community or care setting
  • Awareness of Therapy assistant role in NHS
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge/ awareness of medical conditions, knowledge of therapy equipment
  • NVQ in healthcare topic
  • Previous experience working as a therapy assistant at band 2 level or higher

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT skills, flexible and adaptable, good time management,
  • Knowledge and experience of manual handling skills
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of OT and PT roles
  • English and Maths at GCSE level or equivalent.

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate well with people,
  • Ability to work within a team
  • Evidence of good written communication
Desirable criteria
  • Experience communicating with communication barriers

Behaviour

Essential criteria
  • Ability to maintain calm and confident approach
  • Awareness of patient confidentiality

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthArmed Forces CovenantNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024CareLeaver CovenantAge Friendly Employer

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.

Application numbers

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please ensure that you had read the Job Description and Person Spec and that you meet the criteria before applying.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel White
Job title
Therapy Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01332 787776
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