Physiotherapy Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity available for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for helping others, to join our acute service physiotherapy teams as a Physiotherapy Assistant.

The post does additionally involve some administrative duties including the use of computerised systems and data inputting.

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver rehabilitation programmes to patients in relevant area as prescribed by the physiotherapy team.

To assist the physiotherapists in delivering rehabilitation programmes to patients in relevant area.

To provide administrative support to the Physiotherapy Team.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

To be responsible for delivering rehabilitation programmes to clients as prescribed by the practitioner and without direct supervision.

To communicate with other members of the multidisciplinary team, giving feedback on patients’ progress. This may include more formal feedback at relevant meetings.

To communicate with clients, their families and other agencies involved in their care.

Maintain accurate documentation both written and electronic in accordance with Trust Policy.

Provide health education information to clients/carers, encouraging self-awareness and self-help.

To be involved in the process of ordering aids and equipment and to monitor their safe use.

Be responsible for organising own daily work load.

To attend professional meetings, clinical supervision and other relevant meetings.

To be involved with induction of new staff.

To be able to input data accurately.