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Job summary

Main area
Intermediate care
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekends on a rota basis)
Job ref
350-CC7194848
Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
V7 buildings
Town
Prescot
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Therapy Assistant

Band 3

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Knowsley intermediate care services , this is a band 3 role that will support the community services that the intermediate care team covers. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable individual to join our team.

The post holder will provide therapeutic input to patients across the Intermediate Care Services in Knowsley. They will work alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Assistant Practitioners providing therapy to patients who require rehabilitation with the aim of increasing their independence. The post holder will work directly with patients following rehab plans set by therapists and supporting with daily therapy expectations.

Main duties of the job

The main role of the therapy assistant within Knowsley intermediate care will be; 

- assisting therapist with assessment and treatment plans 

- delivery of treatment plans under supervision 

- support with admin tasks (equipment ordering ect)

- be flexible within the needs of the service 

- engage in supervision

- support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners 

Please note this not an exhaustive list of duties  

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description.  

The main role of the therapy assistant within Knowsley intermediate care will be; 

- assisting therapist with assessment and treatment plans 

- delivery of treatment plans under supervision 

- support with admin tasks (equipment ordering ect)

- be flexible within the needs of the service 

- engage in supervision

- support and engage with the MDT and wider external partners 

Please note this not an exhaustive list of duties  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 or willingness to work towards
  • Willingness to progress through Assistant Competencies
Desirable criteria
  • Trained in a variety of assessment tools.

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a health care setting with service users with a mental health impairment
  • Understanding of safe manual handling techniques to lift / maneuver people using the service and equipment during treatment sessions.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of individuals with sensory and mobility problems.
  • Some understanding of anatomy and physiology

Skills/ Others

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Reasonable level of fitness
  • Confident in water
  • Professional attitude
  • Flexibility

Values

Essential criteria
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardCTP The Ministry of Defence partnering with Right ManagementNavajo - Merseyside and CheshireDisability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Liam King
Job title
Team leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07789396379
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