Therapy Assistant Neurosciences | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum (pro rata)

Hours: Part-time

Location: Oxford, OX3 9DU

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 27 Oct 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Therapy Assistant to join the Acute Neuroscience Therapy Team at the John Radcliffe.

The successful candidate will work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants to deliver high quality patient centred care. The post involves working with patients in a variety of areas including neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurology and spinal cord injury and you will be expected to support your senior colleagues to provide intervention for individuals to promote recovery, rehabilitation and discharge.

In addition to the clinical elements of this role, the post also involves supporting the therapy team with general administrative duties and managing equipment and stock levels to ensure the smooth running of the service.

As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to:

- Work with and receive support from other therapy colleagues
- Receive clinical supervision from registered therapists
- Annual Values Based Appraisal
- Protected CPD time
- Participate in the departmental in‑service training programme
- Enrolment onto the OUH Care Certificate programme in your first year
- Contribute to the development of the service

Job Statement

This position offers the opportunity to work part time as a Therapy Assistant within the integrated therapy service at the John Radcliffe hospital.



Supporting the team to provide programmes of therapeutic activity for patients primarily in the Neuroscience ward. This will include implementing basic therapy assessments and rehabilitation whilst maintaining records and ensuring equipment stocks are replenished with support of senior staff.

The post holder will be expected to work as an effective member of the multi‑disciplinary team and senior support will ensure they receive regular continued professional development and opportunities to further expand skills and knowledge.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.





These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Main Duties and responsibilities

Key Clinical and Non‑Clinical Duties

- To have an understanding of patient consent to carry out assessment/treatment, and to ensure that where possible valid consent is gained according to Trust policy.
- To provide patient centred assessments and interventions with support from senior colleagues whilst respecting patient choice and dignity.
- To follow rehabilitative pathways as set by senior therapists.
- Support therapists to set goals and treatment plans for patients.
- Ensure documentation is accurate and completed in a timely manner in line with trust policy.
- Liaise effectively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers. This may include referral to other agencies or localities when a patient’s care is being transferred.
- To provide appropriate equipment to patients with support from senior therapists.
- Ensure equipment stocks are managed to enable provision of essential equipment to patients.

Communication

- Establishes and maintains effective and qualified communication with various individuals and groups in a range of situations and environments.
- Obtains and presents information in an accessible manner and raises communication barrier concerns with seniors.
- To be able to motivate patients, carers and other staff through effective verbal and non‑verbal communication skills.
- Records all necessary information in line with established standards and ensur

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