Senior Therapy Assistant – Therapy Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 33.75
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
The Therapies department at Birmingham Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Therapy Assistant. This role involves supporting the therapy team, offering patient treatment, and ensuring the smooth running of the service. The post holder will work with qualified therapists, families, young people, and various hospital staff. Key responsibilities include patient treatment, administrative tasks, and maintaining equipment. This is a permanent, part-time position.
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR BTEC Professional Development Qualification for Support Workers (or relevant NVQ level 3)
- Relevant experience working as a Healthcare support worker in Therapy or other AHP department
- General education level to GCSE or equivalent
- Evidence of Literacy and Numeracy to Level 2 qualification
- Knowledge & Nature of Experience
- Experience of working with adults, children and babies
- Recent health or social care experience
- Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
- Standard keyboard and I.T. skills.
- Manual handling skills.
- Basic resuscitation skills
- Ability to work with others in a team.
- Evidence of ability to organise self and others
- Able to take and follow instructions
- Ability to observe and report changes
- Self-motivation.
- Problem-solving skills.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working as a Therapy Assistant in Therapy departments
- Experience of training other staff.
- Wide range of experience in pelvic health conditions and related interventions.
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
- Ability to use initiative and work independently
- Audit experience
- Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
- Experience of working in MDT
- Computer literacy
- Excellent IT skills and previous experience of using of patient Information systems or similar in addition to Microsoft Office/Excel software.
- Varied work experience of working with patients with sensitive and personal health needs
- Educator/teaching skills
- Specialist knowledge of therapy assessment and interventions and a desire to increase knowledge
- Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
- Good teamwork skills
- Ability to demonstrate the Trust Values (Ambitious, Brave, Compassionate)
- Professional manner
- Positive and helpful
- Methodical
- Initiative
- Able to organise own caseload
- Adaptability
- Able to deal with stressful situations
- Friendly, polite and approachable.
- Able to follow/give instructions.
- Attention to detail
- Time management/prioritisation skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR BTEC Professional Development Qualification for Support Workers (or relevant NVQ level 3)
- Relevant experience working as a Healthcare support worker in Therapy or other AHP department
- General education level to GCSE or equivalent
- Evidence of Literacy and Numeracy to Level 2 qualification
- Knowledge & Nature of Experience
- Experience of working with adults, children and babies
- Recent health or social care experience
- Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
- Standard keyboard and I.T. skills.
- Manual handling skills.
- Basic resuscitation skills
- Ability to work with others in a team.
- Evidence of ability to organise self and others
- Able to take and follow instructions
- Ability to observe and report changes
- Self-motivation.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Previous experience working as a Therapy Assistant in Therapy departments
- Experience of training other staff.
- Wide range of experience in pelvic health conditions and related interventions.
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
- Ability to use initiative and work independently
- Audit experience
- Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
- Experience of working in MDT
- Computer literacy
- Excellent IT skills and previous experience of using of patient Information systems or similar in addition to Microsoft Office/Excel software.
- Varied work experience of working with patients with sensitive and personal health needs
- Educator/teaching skills
- Specialist knowledge of therapy assessment and interventions and a desire to increase knowledge
- Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
- Good teamwork skills
- Ability to demonstrate the Trust Values (Ambitious, Brave, Compassionate)
- Professional manner
- Positive and helpful
- Methodical
- Initiative
- Able to organise own caseload
- Adaptability
- Able to deal with stressful situations
- Friendly, polite and approachable.
- Able to follow/give instructions.
- Attention to detail
- Time management/prioritisation skills
- Excellent communication skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Therapy Assistant – Therapy Services
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
The Therapies department at The Birmingham Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced, well-motivated, enthusiastic person to play a key role in supporting the team, offering treatment and ensuring the smooth running of the service.
This post holder will work with a range of qualified therapist and be part of the therapy assistant team. They will also work with families and young people as well as administration teams, ward staff, procurement and suppliers.
The successful candidate will be self-motivated, professional and have excellent assistant and administrative skills. Experience in using Microsoft Office applications and a broad general education with experience in a health care setting is essential.
They will have a flexible approach to work, be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and be sensitive to the needs of patients using the service.
This is a permanent position, part time hours of 33.75 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
To undertake treatment of patients, as selected by a qualified therapist, and in which the assistant has been trained.To ensure that therapy colleagues and other staff are kept informed of progress with patients and other delegated tasks.To undertake
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