Job Description

Are you looking for a change in your role as a Therapy Technician? Would you like to gain specialist skills in rehabilitation of Older People or those with Neurological conditions? Do you want excellent work/life balance, with part-time hours and no weekend working? If so, then come and join us in the Therapy Outpatients Team at SBCH!



We are a small, specialist team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and two Therapy Technicians. Previous members of staff have praised the supportive team structure, and we are proud to have been described as 'a talented and friendly group of people' to work with!

You can find out more about the Adult Therapies Service here:

Therapies - UHBW Careers



Would you like to chat about this post, or arrange a visit to SBCH? Call Charles (Charlotte Dingle) on 07771784464, or phone the office on 0117 342 9741 and ask for one of the Band 7s.



Within this role, you will support the delivery of a specialist reh abilitation service in the therapy gym at South Bristol Community Hospital - working across the two pathways of Older Person's Rehabilitation and Outpatient Neurology Service.

Unique benefits to working in this team include:

Support by highly skilled and experienced qualified therapists and specialist band 7's

Supportive, integrated team working

Robust in-service training programme

Protected, regular clinical supervision and annual appraisals

Participation in service development and QI projects

Support to attend appropriate external training courses

Wellbeing sessions and shared lunches

Exemption from weekend and bank holiday working



The service is currently trialling two different programs of service delivery to determine whether a 4 day or 5-day service is best for our patients and staff. As a new member of staff you will be part of this project, collecting data and contributing to the decision regarding the future of the service. This means your working days may change during the first 6 months working here, but this will be in liaison with the team. Want to hear more about the benefits of working at UHBW? Click here for more staff benefits: https://www.uhbwcareers.nhs.uk/staff-benefits



We wish to make candidates aware we are unable to support relocation costs for this post. As it is a part-time Band 4 post, it does not meet the financial threshold for visa sponsorship.



University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.



For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.