Senior Therapy Assistant (Pelvic Health and Breast Physiotherapy) in Preston

Therapy Assistants are the backbone of our core therapy department; without them we just couldn’t function! We’re excited to be adding to our Pelvic health & Breast outpatient team and are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Therapy Assistant to join us.

Are you passionate about health and exercise? Are you a caring and compassionate person towards all different people? Can you take personal responsibility for someone’s care with guidance from your team? Can you see yourself leading education and exercise classes? Can you take care of the staff and service around you through intuition, being proactive and organised? If so, we are looking for you!

Full training will be provided so all you need to consider is whether you would have the skills required to excel. It is worth noting that some staff members have used this as a starting point towards becoming a physiotherapist or occupational therapist. Look out for separate apprenticeship opportunities once you arrive.

The role would have you starting in the pelvic health and breast outpatient team but would be open to cover and/or change to other core therapy departments. Our core therapy departments (e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy professions) cover all parts of the hospital – inpatients and outpatients – respiratory, medicine, neuro, emergency department, hand therapy, MSK to name a few.

Within the pelvic health and breast team your day would follow a predictable routine of responsibilities mixed with welcoming/interacting with/helping people (including newborn babies), and solution finding. This could be getting the clinical spaces ready to accommodate patients (e.g. clean, stocked, safe), getting the therapists ready for their clinic (e.g. pulling notes, photocopying resources, getting equipment ready), supporting patients with queries, setting up for and running classes, taking your own patients on the phone or face to face (providing routine pre-operative information, supporting patients with clinician-prescribed exercises), gathering key patient information from the notes to support clinicians prior to their session, being available to chaperone for assessments, getting patients fitted for equipment, reviewing and replenishing stock, checking diaries and liaising with our admin team to fill any gaps that appear, helping with gathering and analysing information to demonstrate team performance to senior leadership.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Your passion for delivering excellent patient care will be undeniable and you will feel fulfilled in your work knowing you are making a difference to patients. Your effective communication and interpersonal skills will mean you can easily build rapport with patients and staff alike. You will be able to effectively gather patient pre-admission history and provide empathy and support during what may be a very challenging time in their life. You will also pride yourself on your organisational skills, supporting with the administrative duties of the team to make sure the service runs smoothly and efficiently.

The close integration between our Physiotherapists allows for a dynamic and supportive working environment and your colleagues will be on hand to support you. The role of a Therapy Assistant will offer you lots of variety, working both in a team and autonomously, with patients from all different backgrounds. A proportion of the job involves delivering classes with a therapist and your role within this will be essential. You will work closely with patients who are pregnant and postnatal (sometimes their newborn babies) in an outpatient setting, and this necessitates a sensitive, caring and compassionate approach.

There are also administrative duties to the role, therefore basic skills within information technology are desirable as well as excellent organisational skills. This is a teaching hospital, and as such there is a positive and supportive culture which promotes learning and development. There is an established in-house training programme for all mandatory clinical skills, and potential for wider learning opportunities to help you develop in your career. All staff are supported with regular supervision from a senior team member.