Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 214-CSTO-7147185
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mansfield Community Hospital
- Town
- Mansfield
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Generic Therapy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 4
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
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 annd know that 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.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced therapy assistant to work within the Sherwood Rehabilitation Team, based in the rehab unit at Mansfield Community Hospital.
This will be an superb opportunity to deliver benefits for our patients and the system as a whole. Working in a variety of settings, community and hospital, one to one and groups- this position offers great diversity.
We acknowledge the essential role that the support staff in therapy deliver and this will be a great opportunity for you as an individual to progress and make a difference for our patients.
You will need to be enthusiastic, highly motivated and demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, an ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary working team, with an understanding and experience of holistic assessment, rehabilitation and therapeutic interventions.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care.
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 five years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands.
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.
We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
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Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of relevant conditions and their therapeutic applications
- Ability to use own initiative
- Understanding the Dynamics of a group
- Computer skills
- Supervisory skills
- effective prioritisation skills
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level III in Care “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support” award (or equivalent qualification) and substantial experience as a therapy assistant
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Counselling skills
- Teaching in a group setting
- Hydrotherapy course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience as a therapy assistant
- Evidence of CPD/IST
Contractual
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly including weekends
- Ability to travel between hospital sites
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
- Fran Platts
- Job title
- Therapy Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623785177
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