Physiotherapy Assistant

1 week ago


North Shields, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen to work as a band 3 physiotherapy assistant within the neuro-elderly service with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful applicant will predominately work at one of the off site community based rehabilitation units based in Wallsend and they will also have the opportunity to work alongside the inpatient team that covers the care of the elderly wards at North Tyneside General Hospital.

There is one fulltime permanent post working 37.5 hours per week and there will also be a requirement to work some weekends and bank holidays.
- To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.
- To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients.
- Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patient’s quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence.
- To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment.
- To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.
- To plan and organise own day-to-day work tasks and activities as directed by the physiotherapist on a daily basis.
- To arrange patient appointments & ambulance bookings as appropriate
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification and/or experience.
- Previous experience as a Physiotherapy or Health Care Assistant desirable (or equivalent in social care setting).
- Sensitive attitude towards patients and their carers.
- Good communication and listening skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
- Ability to work flexibly and respond to the changing needs of patients and carers.
- Ability to work without continuous supervision.
- Ability to undertake 6-12 months training to include short courses and in house training to achieve desired competencies in manual treatment and therapeutic handling of patients.
- Commitment to life long learning and maintenance of a CPD diary
- The opportunity of gaining further knowledge, skills and expertise will be supported in line with the physiotherapy CPD strategy.
- Basic IT skills.
- Current driving license desirable.



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