Therapy Assistant Practitioner - King's Lynn, United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
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King's Lynn, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The Rehabilitation Service has an exciting opportunity for either an existing Therapy Assistant or an experienced Healthcare Assistant with suitable experience, who is looking to develop their role at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.


You will also be responsible for participating in ward board rounds, supporting ward staff in the identification of patients requiring either occupational therapy or physiotherapy.


You will work with therapists on the ward and undertake therapy programmes to improve a patient's mobility and functional ability and assist in the risk assessment process for patient's needs on discharge.

If this sounds like the role for you, please do not hesitate to apply

  • To work without direct supervision within a specified clinical area undertaking basic assessments and continuing treatment as delegated by the qualified occupational therapists, physiotherapist, or students.
  • To facilitate rapid discharge of noncomplex patients.
To assist qualified occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and students in the delivery of Rehabilitation Services within the speciality.

  • To be responsible for identifying and organising the training needs of the therapy assistants with other Band 4 Assistant Practitioners within the service.
  • To undertake the supervision and appraisal of delegated therapy assistants.


The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is a 500-bed district general hospital which competes on a national level in a number of areas.

We are the only acute provider within a 40 miles radius and have a key role as part of the local health economy.


We are an incredibly friendly and forward thinking Trust, which places a great emphasis on the importance of staff in providing the best possible healthcare for the people of West Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

In recent years, the building has received a number of exciting renovation projects, which are aimed to provide a good experience for our patients but also for our hard working teams.

We can now boast some of the best surgical theatres in the country, a specialist Breast Care Unit and a Midwife Led Birth Unit.


We have a strong ethos of being part of a team with everyone being valued and playing their part to achieve the future success of the hospital.

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Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this opportunity.
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