North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust • Peterborough PE3 9GZ
About this role
Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner 0.8 (WTE) – Orthopaedics
An opportunity has arisen for a 0.8 (30 hours) Band 4 post within the Orthopaedic Therapy Team. Are you enthusiastic and motivated with a passion for caring? Do you relish a challenge? Are you innovative, dynamic and a good problem solver? This exciting role could be for you.
The Orthopaedic team is a friendly team who provide inpatient therapy services for both elective and trauma patients at both Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals and is a thriving and supportive team. The post will involve working across both HH and PCH sites.
For further information, contact Christie Devon, Support Worker Educator on christie.devon@nhs.net. Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively.
*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*
- • To undertake assessments and treatments for patients that have been triaged by a Therapist and deemed appropriate for Therapy Assistant Practitioner intervention with case management advice available via indirect and direct contact with a registered therapist.
- To carry own caseload of non-complex patients assessing, according to competencies, and devising and implementing treatment programmes.
- To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency teams with the aim of supporting timely discharge.
- To enable patients, their families and carers in the attainment of their rehabilitation goals by providing treatment programmes developed and monitored by Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in supervision
- To undertake visits to patients homes to assess their discharge needs
- To assess and provide equipment
- To be actively involved in the in-service training programme, including the mentoring and training of Band 2 and 3 therapy assistants and supporting students as required
- To participate in the provision of 7-day services.
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.
Please see attached the person specification and job description for more details regrading this role.
This advert closes on Friday 29 May 2026