Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Frailty | and Hospital NHS Trust

Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Frailty | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Employer:

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Location:

Telford, TF1 6TF

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

28/01/2026

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative and friendly Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to join our inpatient therapy team here at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (37.5hrs per week available). This post will be part of the therapy team delivering a service to the newly expanded Same Day Emergency Care unit based within the frailty team  are looking for someone who has previous Therapy Support Worker experience within Physiotherapy and/ or Occupational Therapy teams.

Successful post holders will carry a non-complex patient caseload, working with patients from assessment through to discharge.

Additional specific training will be provided by the established therapists to enable successful candidates to provide protocol based therapies and work autonomously delivering patient centred physiotherapy and occupational therapy where indicated, to our frailty patients.

The post holders will assist with supporting assessment of patients and families to manage their physical, social and psychological needs and carry their own caseload including advice and support in terms of discharge planning.

The post involves working alongside qualified therapists as well as with other members of the support worker team to provide therapy input to patients across the SDEC unit.

The post holder needs to be flexible, have good time management skills, confident IT skills, and work well in a team as well as independently.

We expect the post holder to manage their own caseload and be able to support or delegate duties appropriately.

We are delighted to be able to offer patients the opportunity of assessment and treatment over weekends and Bank Holidays which is worked pro rata via a rota.

Within Therapies, we have a strong culture of professional leadership and support.

Each profession has a head of profession leading on delivering local, regional and national professional strategy.

This includes AHP’s into action, job planning, electronic rostering, electronic data capture, quality improvement strategy, and representation at internal and external meetings raising the profile of Therapies at all times.

We are a friendly, forward-thinking team working in a fast paced & rewarding environment.

High quality patient care is at the core of our decision making and we are enthusiastic about welcoming new ideas and staff development.

The team have a robust supervision structure and a strong drive for personal and professional development across all bands and roles facilitating events within the team, department, Trust and externally to enable the best possible care is delivered to patients.

As part of the Trusts ongoing commitments to the Hospital Transformation Plan this post along with the frailty therapy service is anticipated to relocate to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

We look forward to meeting you at interview and exploring all the opportunities you will gain by joining us in this exciting and essential role.

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

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