Senior Therapy Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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
This role is for an enthusiastic and compassionate Senior Therapy Assistant to join the Wirral Limb Centre Service. You will support a multidisciplinary team, performing clinical, clerical, and administrative tasks. The position involves working directly with patients, delivering delegated management plans, and assisting with group sessions, often requiring home visits.
Key responsibilities
- Communicate effectively within the Therapy Team and members of the multidisciplinary Team.
- Establish a rapport with patients in order to gain their compliance with exercise programmes.
- Work under the guidance of the Qualified Therapy staff.
- To support the Therapists in delivering patient focussed care undertaking a range of clinical, clerical and admin, and housekeeping tasks.
- Organise and prioritise workload, under the guidance of a qualified Therapist.
- To prepare the patient and environment for the required therapeutic activity.
Essential criteria
- Must have a relevant level 3 NVQ or an equivalent level of experiential knowledge and experience in an appropriate area.
- A minimum of 2 years recent experience in a related health care setting
Desirable criteria
- To be computer literate, able to use hospital computer systems and to be able to use data bases for audit following appropriate training
- To have the ability to show initiative and manage own workload, but to seek advice when appropriate
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 10d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
Full advert · preview
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior Therapy Assistant
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and compassionate Therapy Assistant with a passion for helping adults to live better following vascular surgery.
The Wirral Limb Centre Service is a multidisciplinary team including doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and a prosthetics. You will work within the limb centre service to support the smooth running of the team by performing a range of clinical, clerical, administrational, housekeeping and departmental tasks.
The role will involve working directly with the Wirral Limb Centre service team members and require confidence in delivering delegated management plans and activities with an individual caseload and also as part of our group sessions. This role requires a car user with access to a car for work and involves care in the patients home.
Main duties of the job
- Communicate effectively within the Therapy Team and members of the multidisciplinary Team.
- Establish a rapport with patients in order to gain their compliance with exercise programmes.
- Work under the guidance of the Qualified Therapy staff.
- To be a caring and responsible member of the Therapies service and contribute the Directorate activities.
- To support the Therapists in delivering patient focuss
Join the community to read the full pack, responsibilities and person-specification in one place.
Apply to this role — free for your first 7 days
CareerHive is included with the CareerHive community on Skool. Start your free 7 days there and your access here unlocks straight away with the same email.
- Every sponsorship-friendly NHS role, bands 3–7, across all four nations
- The full advert and the direct apply link
- HiveMind AI — interview prep, likely questions and tailored supporting information
- Your private vault of saved roles, documents and application pipeline
- Daily alerts when a role that matches you goes live
Already a member? Sign in with the email you joined the community with. After 7 days your membership continues at the normal monthly price, or you can cancel any time and access here simply stops.