As a Senior Therapy Assistant, you’ll be an essential part of a welcoming and skilled multidisciplinary team at Sheppey Community Hospital, supporting patients across the Swale locality including Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital.You’ll help deliver effective rehabilitation and falls prevention interventions, working under the guidance of qualified professionals to promote independence and improve quality of life for the people in our community.This is a full-time role (37.5 hours) with Monday–Sunday shift patterns available between 8am and 8pm.Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Senior Therapy Assistant (Band 4) within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:£23,100 annual salary with Group Pension SchemeMembership of My Reward Hub, offering discounts on everyday purchases like groceries, plus cashback and vouchers for special treatsAccess to your wages as you earn them, helping cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest creditMental and physical wellbeing support, including healthy recipes, activity challenges, trauma support, legal and debt advice, and career coachingOutstanding learning and development opportunities through our dedicated in-house team, The Learning EnterpriseA culture where you’re encouraged to contribute ideas that help shape our services – backed by at least £100,000 annually in innovation fundingFree tea, coffee and milk at your base locationMain ResponsibilitiesAs part of the Rapid Response and Intermediate Care Team, your day-to-day will include:Delivering prescribed rehabilitation and falls prevention programmesConducting basic assessments under supervision after Trusted Assessor trainingPromoting high standards of care and maintaining accurate patient recordsAssisting with community-based assessments and home visitsParticipating in therapy group sessions and supporting MDT meetingsBeing the first point of contact for patients, families, and other health professionalsContributing to service development, administrative tasks, and equipment upkeepUpholding confidentiality and information governance standardsThe Ideal CandidateYou’ll be someone who:Holds a Level 3 NVQ/Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalentHas experience working in community rehabilitation or therapy assistant roles (Band 3 or similar)Understands the needs of patients requiring falls rehabilitationCan work independently, manage a caseload, and respond to changing prioritiesDemonstrates excellent verbal/written communication and time managementIs confident using Microsoft Office and clinical record systemsHas a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for community visitsDesirable but not essential:Trusted Assessor TrainingFoundation degree in a related subjectExperience co-facilitating therapy groups alongside Allied Health ProfessionalsAbout The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
