Job Description

Band 4

Main area

Acute Occupational Therapy

Grade

Band 4

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Substantive weekend work on a rostered basis)

Job ref

343-7527037-FM-AG-R-VCG

Site

St Helier Hospital

Town

Carshalton

Salary

32,199 - 34,876 Pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

05/11/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the acute therapies team within Epsom ad St Helier University Trust. The role consists of supporting the Therapy teams to provide assessment, treatment and rehab for a wide variety of patients within the acute inpatient setting.



There is opportunity for clinical learning and the role sits within a team full of highly skilled and experienced therapists. The team covers most inpatient areas within the acute sites and therefore has a diverse patient group varying from elderly care/frailty, surgical, orthopaedic, respiratory and hyper-acute clinical areas.



The role of acute Occupational Therapy Technical Assistant is to work closely with the qualified therapists to provide hands on treatment to patients including physical rehabilitation and promotion of independence. This role is vital in supporting the team to run day to day. This role provides the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our patients.

Main duties of the job

Epsom and St Helier acute Therapy team provides a range of rehabilitation services across Epsom and St.Helier Hospitals. These work closely together and in collaboration with other agencies to provide a dovetailed service to surrounding residents with rehabilitation needs.



This role is to assist Therapists in providing a high standard of therapy services to in-patients and to undertake duties to support the smooth functioning of the therapy departments and service.



All new support workers, including therapy Technical Instructors, are required to undertake the Care Certificate, which is the start of the career journey for Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs). The aim of the Care Certificate is to ensure that all new and existing support staff are taught and can demonstrate the right skills, knowledge and behavior to provide high quality compassionate care.

Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).


After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.



The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

Person specification

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Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Demonstrates a good knowledge of the roles of the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist Good written and spoken communication skills Good organisational skills

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and / or experience with falls management and prevention #

Personal characteristics

Essential criteria

Ability to recognise own limitations. Ability to work under pressure. Ability to recognise own limitations.

Desirable criteria

Current UK driving licence #

Qualifications and experience

Essential criteria

Good general education eg 5 GCSEs or equivalent The Care Certificate Diploma or degree in occupational therapy or physiotherapy Extensive experience in the Acute setting Knowledge of NHS structure

Desirable criteria

Theoretical and practical training to NVQ 3 level in relevant area

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.