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Therapy Professionals

Job holders in this unit group plan and apply physical and therapeutic treatments and activities to assist recovery from physical and mental illness and to minimise the effects of disabilities.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£15,356
£28,683
£42,235

New workers start around £15,356. Normal pay is £28,683 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £42,235.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 21,735 vacancies for this type of job

7.85%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Provides support and guidance to patients regarding hereditary conditions and genetic testing..

  • Diagnoses and treats behavioural problems in animals.

  • Adopts a holistic approach in assessing the overall health of the patient, and treats by inserting needles under the skin at particular locations according to the disorder being treated.

  • Prevents, recognises and treats injuries incurred playing sports or doing exercise and helps people manage injuries and rehabilitate themselves.

  • Manipulates and massages patient to discover the cause of pain, relieve discomfort, restore function and mobility and to correct irregularities in body structure.

  • Diagnoses and treats disorders of vision and eye movements, monitors subsequent progress and recommends further optical, pharmacological or surgical treatment as required.

  • Prescribes diet therapy and gives advice to patients, health care professionals and the public on dietetic and nutritional matters for those with special dietary requirements or to prevent illness amongst the general population.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Mental Health

  • Physical Therapy

  • Psychology

  • Pulmonology

  • Auditing

  • Treatment Planning

  • Rehabilitation

  • Occupational Therapy

  • Clinical Supervision

  • Service Development

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Research

  • Teaching

  • Customer Service

  • Planning

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • English Language

  • Leadership

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Osteopathic Medicine

Plymouth Marjon University

MOst · 4 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Physiotherapy

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Middlesbrough · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 128/144

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Buckinghamshire New University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/128

Nursing (Mental Health)

University of Essex

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southend · 10/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Physiotherapy

University of Cumbria

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Carlisle · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/128

Physician Associate MSc

Brunel University London

MSc (PG) · 2 Years · Full-time · Uxbridge · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Nursing (Mental Health)

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chelmsford · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Physiotherapy

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Philosophy

University of Leeds

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 25/09/2024

Tariff points: 136/144

Physiotherapy

University of Sunderland

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sunderland · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 128/128

Physiotherapy

Wrexham University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Wrexham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/120

Medical Sciences

University of Worcester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Worcester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/104

Philosophy

University of Hull

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hull · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/120

Osteopathy

University College of Osteopathy

MOst · 4 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Psychology with Foundation Year

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Sheffield · 09/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Physiotherapy

University of Plymouth

MPhysio · 4 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 136/136

Physiotherapy

University of Bolton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bolton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 120/120

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