Senior Therapy Support Worker

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Therapy Support Worker to join our specialist Neurosciences Therapy Team at Southmead Hospital.

This exciting role offers the opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team supporting patients across both neurology and neurosurgery services. You will play an important role in delivering rehabilitation programmes that help patients maximise their independence, recovery and participation in everyday activities following illness, injury or surgery.

The successful candidate will have previous experience working within a health or social care environment, ideally with experience supporting rehabilitation or therapy interventions. You will be confident communicating with patients, carers and colleagues, able to work independently within agreed protocols, and passionate about delivering high-quality patient-centred care.

This advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Unfortunately we are not able to provide visa sponsorship on this role.

Under the supervision of an occupational therapist or physiotherapist, you will provide a range of interventions to support service delivery for patients who may be in pain, have reduced mobility, function, muscle strength, range of movement or cognitive issues, working within an agreed framework.

This will be delivered either on the wards or in therapy areas and will include supporting individuals to use the toilet, wash & dress or carry out other domestic tasks.

The role forms part of the wider multidisciplinary team and will also include administrative and housekeeping duties to support the overall management of the service.

To understand more about Therapy at Southmead Hospital, watch our Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy videos!

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Under the supervision of a registered occupational therapist or physiotherapist the post holder is expected to:

Provide identified therapeutic interventions or programmes within the framework devised by the Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.

Monitor individual progress within delegated Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy programmes, adhering to specified protocols, evaluating outcomes, and adapting input as appropriate.

Assist Occupational Therapists or Physiotherapists with service delivery, contributing to the overall management of delegated caseload.

Carry out administrative and housekeeping duties, taking responsibility for designated tasks.