Job vacancy: Recreational Therapy Assistant, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury

Job summary

Main area: Spinal Injuries
Grade: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Job share - 37.5 hours per week (Covering weekends and some evenings)
Job ref: 269-SFT9043

Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per anum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/04/2025 23:59

Recreational Therapy Assistant

Band 3

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Excellent organisational and communication skills

Desirable criteria

To have had experience of event planning

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Clean Driving licence and willing to Drive a Minibus

Desirable criteria

Experience/Qualification of driving a Minibus

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Knowledge of techniques and/or activities relevant to spinal cord injury; acquired through training, experience within a hospital or care setting to Level 3

Desirable criteria

Previous worked with patients who have a Spinal cord Injury

Flexability

Essential criteria

Able to work daytime, evenings and weekends as the service requires

Desirable criteria

Previous experience of Moving and Handling in a Healthcare setting

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual)
Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
Cycle to work scheme
Uniform provided (where required)
On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
On site health and fitness club
On site car parking
Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Kathrine Gwynn
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01722 336262

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Recreational Therapy Assistant

Band 3

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Flexability

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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Applicant requirements

Documents to download

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