Therapy Assistant

We're excited to be recruiting a new Therapy Assistant to join our Specialist Community Neurology Service. This rewarding role will be primarily based in North Somerset, with opportunities to support colleagues and patients across Bristol and South Gloucestershire when required.

As a Therapy Assistant, you'll play a vital role in helping people with neurological conditions live as independently and confidently as possible. Working alongside our experienced multidisciplinary team—including Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and MS Nurses—you'll provide practical support directly in patients' homes.

No two days are the same. You'll assist with delegated therapy programmes, monitor progress, carry out assessments, and help create resources that support effective treatment plans and positive outcomes for patients.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives while developing your skills within a supportive and highly specialised team. If this sounds like the right step for you, we'd love to hear from you.

• Carry out delegated interventions that will involve both clinical and non clinical work.
• To supervise activities and monitor performance of set delegated plans from registered clinicians
• To escalate any concerns
• To recognise risk
• To deliver treatment plans
• To complete falls risk screening
• To support with double ups of visits for safety or manual handling reasons
• To complete notes in accordance with Sirona standards
• To assess basic bits of equipment
• To support the admin team as needed

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kelly Thompson Job title: Clinical Lead and operations manager Email address: Sign in to view email Telephone number: 07721618656

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