Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Therapy Assistant to join our forward thinking and dynamic integrated Therapy Team across our acute wards

You will work within an integrated model of care to provide timely assessments, rehabilitation, and support with discharge planning for our patients.

You will gain experience of working in a busy and pro-active environment where evidence-based practice is embedded and joint working, service development and CPD is encouraged.

We are looking for individuals who work well as part of a team and can contribute to innovative ideas on clinical pathways and can help drive forward excellence.

You must be adaptable to working with a range of patients and working environments with a flexible approach to the delivery of care. This must include a willingness to adopt working patterns that include weekends and public/bank holidays which may form part of your contracted hours or may include working additional hours.

Main duties of the job
Within this role you will work as part of the Integrated Therapy team, in the speciality of surgery, medicine or orthopaedics

You will provide interventions, for a delegated caseload of patients, with support and supervision of a qualified therapist, undertaking administrative and stock control duties as requested to support the Integrated therapy services.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year includes weekend working
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Closing date: 15 November 2026

Person Specification
Essential qualifications and training

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Desirable qualifications and training

• GCSE

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience in a health or social care service
• Knowledge of therapy assessments and interventions
• To have awareness of own limitations
• Able to work on own initiative
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Work well as part of a team
• Good organisational skills
• Computer skills including use of emails
• Dealing with confrontation
• Ability to work over 7 days
• Able to travel across sites and community to meet patient need, access training and attend meetings
• Able to teach new skills

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

• Therapy Experience
• Admin experience
• NHS experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 2JH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Operational and Professional Lead Therapy, Abby Fletcher, abby.fletcher@nca.nhs.uk, 01616561377

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