A Vacancy at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Our ambition is to provide an outstanding level of care to our patients and communities.
Above all we value respect. This means everyone at the Trust – whether a member of staff, a patient or their loved ones – can expect to be treated with respect, whatever their role or background. This ensures kind, positive, professional teamwork, delivering great care to every patient, every day.
By choosing to work here, you also choose to value and role model respect. This means having respect for the Trust and your roles and responsibilities, as well as colleagues, patients and anyone who interacts with the Trust.
To provide rehabilitation support services.
To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in the Community. Treatment may occur in the department, patients’ home or other appropriate setting. Treatment may be provided for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech and Language Therapy.
To carry own patient caseload, assessing and treating routine patients within guidelines agreed by the treating therapist. Monitor progress and make minor alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.
Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing the treating therapist of any problems. Receiving guidance and advice on an almost daily basis.
We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynaecology to 500,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital.
St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).
We also play an active role in the local healthcare economy, and are the lead provider in two innovative health and care partnerships.
In Surrey Downs (that’s the Epsom, East Elmbridge and Dorking areas), we have partnered with CSH Surrey, the three GP federations in the Surrey Downs area, and Surrey County Council (who are an associate member), to provide adult community health services. This innovative partnership is calledSurrey Downs Health and Care.You can visit our website
In Sutton, we have joined forces with the London Borough of Sutton, Sutton GP Services and South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust to provide adult and children’s community health services and sexual health services to local people. Together, we are called Sutton Health and Care – you can visit our website
1. To gather information prior to seeing client and provide feedback to the therapist:
· To obtain biographical information and knowledge from relevant sources of information, e.g. medical notes, computer records.
· To take a simple case history.
· To explore other sources of external information relating to patients.
2. To contribute to the assessment process and provide feedback to the therapist:
· To carry out mobility and transfer assessments for specific pieces of equipment as requested by therapy or nursing staff and report back to qualified member of the team regarding the need for further input.
1. To implement therapy programmes/approaches, both on an individual basis and for groups and provide feedback to therapist.
· To carry out programme devised by the therapist using a range of delegated exercises and manual physical therapy techniques.
· To work jointly with clinicians in cases which are complex and may require physical moving and handling as part of their rehabilitation.
· To plan patient treatment programmes for the approval of the therapist and implement.
· To monitor progress and to implement changes as appropriate keeping the therapist informed.
· To undertake support work alongside the therapist for highly dependent patients with complex needs.
· To be responsible for assessing and managing clinical risk in relation to your own caseload, seeking guidance and help from therapist as appropriate.
· Will not attempt any procedure without appropriate training and deemed competent to carry out specific instructions.
2. To contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic interventions, including discharge planning:
· To contribute objectively and comment on observed therapy intervention, using an outcome measurement for a specific goal.
· To be able to adapt the treatment programme according to the outcome measurements.
3. To be able to prioritise workload, following managerial supervision.
· To prioritise and plan day-to-day workload.
· To identify factors involved in prioritisation and to contribute to discussion about long term prioritisation of work.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025