Physiotherapy Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Inpatient Physiotherapy team at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.

The Churchill Hospital is a centre of excellence for cancer services and other specialities, including Specialist Surgery, Renal and Transplant, Clinical and Medical Oncology and Clinical Haematology.

Therapy services within the Churchill Hospital are highly valued and are seen as a critical part of the delivery of effective multi-professional care.

You will work closely with experienced physiotherapists to provide rehabilitation and support to people throughout their treatment pathway.

**For further information or to arrange a visit, please contact**:
Harriet Finze, Team Lead Physiotherapist

01865 235391

To work as a member of the Churchill Therapies Team to plan and provide programmes of therapeutic activity for patients, within the framework laid down by therapists.

To promote patient goals to enable early and safe discharge from hospital.

To assist the Therapy Team with a range of duties.

Implement and evaluate basic therapy interventions for patients in activities relating to their treatment programme.

To record patient information.

To input data onto IT systems.

To maintain rehab equipment in the department, order, clean and communicate with suppliers.

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. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Communication

Exchange and communicate factual information to patients using encouragement, reassurance and tact and overcome barriers to rehabilitation with patients whose understanding is impaired.

Maintain accurate, objective up to date patient records according to Trust standards.

Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients, to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes.

Receive and provide routine information to staff, patients and carers.

Accept and relay information / messages to / from registered staff, verbally, electronically and in writing as requested.

To communicate effectively with registered staff to feedback about patient caseload/progress.

To participate in regular meetings with other members of the therapy team and multidisciplinary team.

To deal effectively with patients who have a range of communication and behavioural needs.

On an informal basis, to promote the profile of Therapies in the Trust.

Clinical Responsibilities

To understand a range of procedures which require some theoretical knowledge by practical experience.

To work flexibly and be able to adjust to the constantly changing demands of the departments.

To have holistic understanding of patient and family dynamics, the patient’s condition and its impact on function.

To use initiative when responding to changing patient signs i.e., ceasing treatment if patient unwell.

To assess and formulate treatment plans for routine patients as guided by therapists.

To assess patients’ mobility and issue appropriate equipment.

To adjust treatment programmes autonomously when clinically appropriate and report changes to the registered practitioner.

To provide planned advice, support and instruction to patients and where relevant their carers, to promote understanding of the aims of their treatment plan.

To undertake specific activities relevant to the clinical area which demonstrate advanced technical or support skills that have required specific training.

To prepare, issue and give instruction in the use of equipment to promote rehabilitation and independence within agreed competencies following treatment plan.

Preparation of the environment and equipment appropriate for the treatment session.

To provide patient centred and high standard interventions, respecting patient choice and dignity, and working with a multidisciplinary approach to achieving patient goals.

To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals to gain valid informed consent according to Trust Policy.

Reporting to the registered practitioner any risks, difficulties or concerns that they themselves or a patient, may identify.

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