Job summary Exciting Opportunity: Therapy Assistant at Mansfield Community Hospital Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join our dynamic therapy team at Mansfield Community Hospital as we enhance our inpatient services and streamline pathways from hospital to home in 2025. About the Role: This position offers a diverse caseload of medically fit inpatients who need additional rehabilitation or interventions before discharge. As a key member of our dedicated multidisciplinary team, you'll play a crucial role in delivering high-quality outcomes. What We're Looking For: Compassion, dedication, and excellent communication skills Significant experience in inpatient rehabilitation Why Join Us? If you're a therapy assistant seeking a new challenge, this role is perfect for you We offer excellent opportunities to develop your clinical and personal skills within a friendly environment, supported by strong internal and external networks. Main duties of the job Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section. About us Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020. The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care. For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England. Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you. We would love you to join us. Job description Job responsibilities Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section. Job description Job responsibilities Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section. Person Specification Knowledge Essential Up to date knowledge of relevant conditions and their therapeutic applications Ability to use own initiative Understanding the Dynamics of a group Computer skills Supervisory skills effective prioritisation skills Qualifications Essential NVQ Level III in Care "Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support" award (or equivalent qualification) and substantial experience as a therapy assistant Further Training Essential Counselling skills Teaching in a group setting Hydrotherapy course Experience Essential Substantial experience as a therapy assistant Evidence of CPD/IST Contractual Essential Able to work flexibly including weekends Ability to travel between hospital sites Person Specification Knowledge Essential Up to date knowledge of relevant conditions and their therapeutic applications Ability to use own initiative Understanding the Dynamics of a group Computer skills Supervisory skills effective prioritisation skills Qualifications Essential NVQ Level III in Care "Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support" award (or equivalent qualification) and substantial experience as a therapy assistant Further Training Essential Counselling skills Teaching in a group setting Hydrotherapy course Experience Essential Substantial experience as a therapy assistant Evidence of CPD/IST Contractual Essential Able to work flexibly including weekends Ability to travel between hospital sites Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Address Mansfield Community Hospital Stockwell Gate Mansfield NG18 5QJ Employer's website