Therapy Assistant Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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
This role is for a Therapy Assistant Practitioner within the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service. The service supports adults with long-term neurological conditions to manage their conditions and live independently. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing goal-focused rehabilitation in community and clinic settings. Key responsibilities include planning and evaluating therapeutic activities, communicating complex information, and prioritising workload.
Key responsibilities
- Work as part of the Community Neurological Rehabilitation team in the community and LCH based clinics city wide.
- Plan, implement and evaluate clinical and/or therapeutic activities and patient response to activity, working independently but with reference to a supervisor.
- Provide and receive routine or sometimes complex information using persuasion, reassurance, tact and empathy to engage individuals in care and gain valid consent.
- Prioritise your own workload and understand the boundaries of practice.
- Demonstrate clinical leadership by identifying creative ideas to develop quality service provision and supporting initiatives.
Essential criteria
- Please review the job description and person specification attached in the supporting documents section for full requirements of the role.
Desirable criteria
- Please review the job description and person specification attached in the supporting documents section for full requirements of the role.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service provides support to people, to manage long-term neurological conditions and to live as independently as possible.
We aim to empower people to develop, recover or maintain their meaningful activities, independence and quality of life. The community Neurological Rehabilitation Service is available to adults (16+ and no longer at high school) who are registered with a Leeds GP. The team offer goal focused rehabilitation for adults with neurological conditions within a defined period of therapy
This may include advice, therapy and treatment for a patient, and advice and support for their family, carers and other professionals. We are a multidisciplinary team made up of a consultant in rehabilitation medicine, dietitians, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists and therapy assistants
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work as part of the Community Neurological Rehabilitation team in the community and LCH based clinics city wide.
- You will work within agreed framework to plan, implement and evaluate clinical and/or therapeutic activities and patient response to activity Working independently but with reference to a supervisor within the relevant clinical area.
- You will provide and receive routine or sometimes complex information using persuasion, reassurance, tact and empathy
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