Job summary

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic, and motivated Therapy Assistant to join Hospital at Home team. In this rewarding role, you will support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in delivering high-quality rehabilitation and person-centred care to patients. You will work closely with patients to support mobility, independence, activities of daily living, and rehabilitation programmes, helping them achieve their goals and maximise their recovery. You will also assist with discharge planning and work collaboratively with patients, families, and the wider healthcare team. You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a compassionate approach, and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Previous experience in a healthcare or caring environment is desirable, along with a commitment to delivering safe, high-quality care.

Main duties of the job

To provide skilled routine, and non-routine, clinical and technical support to the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy team associated with the Frailty Virtual Ward. To accept patients allocated by the Therapists, assess and treat according to protocols and guidelines. To monitor patient progression and make alterations to intervention as required. To work independently, with access to direct supervision as required. To maintain close communication with the team to facilitate patient care. To organise and participate in the team induction and in-service training programmes. Routinely providing in-service training to team colleagues. To carry out other duties deemed necessary by the Lead Clinician in discussion with the post holder to ensure adequate provision of service. The state registered therapist will at all times remain responsible for: - Allocation for assessment / intervention. - Overseeing the primary clinical intervention plan and agreeing the expected progression of the patient. - Overseeing the clinical quality and ensuring appropriateness of the intervention practised with the patient.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.