Occupational Therapy Assistant/ Physiotherapy Assistant

Exciting opportunity with the Trauma Therapies Inpatient Team.

Are you an experienced Band 3 NHS healthcare worker looking to develop your career to band 4 therapy assistant, seeking the opportunity to work within our Trauma Therapies multi-disciplinary team?

We have an exciting opportunity to offer 1 full time band 4 role within the John Radcliffe, Trauma Therapies Team.

We are seeking a candidate that has previous NHS healthcare experience. Candidates must be highly motivated, proactive, enthusiastic & patient-focused to join us. We seek individuals with passion for rehabilitation of patients with traumatic injuries. You must have excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with a caring, compassionate approach to patient care. This post would suit those who thrive in a team but are able to work alone with guidance and support of others.

The role has combined Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and administrative duties, supporting the trauma, plastics and major trauma centre patients across wards in the John Radcliffe hospital, predominantly in the trauma centre.

We offer a robust induction and training package, alongside regular training and supervisions for individual personal and professional development, as well as excellent provision for team involvement with service quality improvements & projects.

Interviews: Dates to be confirmed from 13.04.26 and 14.04.26

2 part interviews = Values based & technical interview conducted face to face only

• To work flexibly as a key member of the Trauma Therapy team and the wider trauma multidisciplinary team.

To comply with trust policies including annual appraisal & monthly supervision sessions.

To always uphold and promote trust values

To promote and uphold trust ED&I policy

The therapies trauma team work within the specialist surgery ward & trauma unit based on the John Radcliffe site; a dedicated unit providing in patient care to patients with a range of orthopaedic traumatic injuries. We also host the Major Trauma Centre ward for patients with serious orthopaedic traumatic injury.

The team is a mixture of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants who together work to provide excellent rehabilitation and post -operative mobilisation to our patients who range from the young adult to the very old.

We work closely as a multidisciplinary team with our nursing and medical colleagues and have an active programme of education, staff support and research.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alia Grist Job title: Physiotherapy Trauma Team Lead Email address: alia.grist@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 221532

Alia Grist

Trauma therapies Team lead

Alia.grist@ouh.nhs.uk

tel: 01865 221532