Bank Therapy Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Bank Band 4 Therapy Practitioner to join the Acute Team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves providing acute rehabilitation to adult inpatients across various specialties, aiming to maximise independence and facilitate hospital discharge. You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, requiring good communication and organisational skills to manage a caseload in a busy acute setting. Regular weekend working is required as part of a 7-day service.
Essential criteria
- Key Stage 2 English
- Key Stage 2 Numeracy
- Evidence of having attained or of working towards a recognised qualification, (NVQ 3 level), to enable implementation of prescribed rehabilitation programmes for a range of conditions- eg Foundation degree, NVQ relevant competency framework, or equivalent
- Experience and Knowledge
- Previous experience working as a Band 3 Therapy assistant
- Previous experience working within the acute hospital setting
- Experience of working in an enabling or caring environment
- Skills and Ability
- Demonstrates good time management
- Evidence of the ability to use own initiative
- Evidence of good communication skills
- Ability to drive a manual car
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of being a team player
- Previous experience supervising/supporting other
- Training and Qualifications
- Key Stage 2 English
- Key Stage 2 Numeracy
- Evidence of having attained or of working towards a recognised qualification, (NVQ 3 level), to enable implementation of prescribed rehabilitation programmes for a range of conditions- eg Foundation degree, NVQ relevant competency framework, or equivalent
- Experience and Knowledge
- Previous experience working as a Band 3 Therapy assistant
- Previous experience working within the acute hospital setting
- Experience of working in an enabling or caring environment
- Skills and Ability
- Demonstrates good time management
- Evidence of the ability to use own initiative
- Evidence of good communication skills
- Ability to drive a manual car
- Evidence of being a team player
- Previous experience supervising/supporting other
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 4d
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Acute Team at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital. We are looking for a Bank Band 4 Therapy Practitioner to join our established, friendly and experienced team.
The role will require a highly motivated enthusiastic individual who has the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be able to show initiative, have good communication and organisational skills, being able to prioritise a caseload in a busy acute setting.
If you have had experience in a Therapy Assistant role, preferably in an Acute setting, and are looking to further develop your career, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The role will be based in the Acute adult inpatient team and rotate through areas including General Medicine, Cardiac, Surgical, Elderly Care, Stroke, Orthopaedic and the Therapy Early Discharge Support team (TEDS). You will provide acute rehabilitation to maximise independence and facilitate discharge from the hospital setting. This will involve working closely with Therapy colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.
Successful candidates are expected to hold a valid UK manual car drivers full licence or be able to arrange alternative means to complete community visits as required, unless med
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