Job summary
- Main area
- Community Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-NM228
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Services Frimley Health
- Town
- Bracknell
- Salary
- £17,316 - £19,002 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Therapy Technician
Band 4
Job overview
Are you ready to make a real difference in people’s lives?
Join us as a Band 4 Therapy Technician in the Community Care – Heathlands Rehabilitation Unit, where you’ll work both independently and as part of a supportive team to deliver high-quality rehabilitation, assessment, and care to patients to enable then to return to their own environment.
You’ll play a key role in promoting patient independence, supporting individualised goals, and working closely with registered practitioners and multidisciplinary team to deliver effective treatment programmes.
If you have a foundation degree or NVQ Level 5 (or are working towards one), experience in health or social care, excellent communication skills, and a passion for helping others, we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
- To work as a proactive member of the team providing a high quality, efficient and effective service to patients.
- To work autonomously, assuming responsibility for delegated aspects of healthcare delivery, working within a scope of practice under the direction and supervision of a registered practitioner. To work within relevant legal and ethical frameworks and in accordance with organisational protocols and policies.
- To work with patients within the unit providing assessment, rehabilitation, support and treatment programmes, undertaking home visits as appropriate. Working as a trusted assessor undertaking initial assessments and functional assessments as delegated by registered staff and supporting clinical staff with treatment and rehab input. To work within scope of competence.
- To be able to work with patients either individually or in a group setting
- To be proficient, knowledgeable and competent in rehab and functional assessment.
- Educated to Foundation Degree, Level 5 NVQ in Health and Social Care or be able to evidence that they are working towards one of these qualifications.
- To continue to develop in the role through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge and competences, to be determined by the needs of patients, the service and the team.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can read more about the key tasks and responsibilities associated with this role in the job description attached with this advert, including the administrative and organisational duties, involvement in social and digital media development and monitoring and forward planning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation degree, NVQ Level 5 or evidence of working towards one of these qualifications, relevant to this role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience as an HCA, Community Support Worker or Therapy Assistant
Desirable criteria
- Previous community experience
- Previous Therapy Assistant experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills to include concise and effective verbal and written reports
- Ability to follow clear instructions and feedback to senior staff
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Previous experience undertaking assessments and rehab
- Able to motivate people and monitor progress
- Good time management
- Ability to cope with and analyse changing situations
- Prioritisation skills
- Confident computer skills with word and patient record systems
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills
- Knowledge of risk assessment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Watson
- Job title
- Principal Therapist for the Community services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500 980 637
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