Physiotherapy Assistant

7 months ago


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

Applicants should have experience of working as a physiotherapy assistant and demonstrate excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills

Current driving license is desirable.

The post will be based at The Northumbria but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact: Gail Menton (Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Lead) Tel: 07717422411.
- To implement treatment programmes prescribed by qualified staff.
- To liaise with physiotherapist in progression of individual treatment programmes.
- Involvement with individual and group activities.
- To be responsible for general and specific administrative duties as required and delegated, including the extraction of relevant information from patients’ medical records for use within patients’ physiotherapy records.
- To record patient treatment in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with trust standards.
- To work to the standards of individual clinical areas and to ensure that background knowledge is acquired through independent learning and collaboration with senior staff.
- To participate and support out of hours working when appropriate.
- To participate in the in-service training programme and CPD activities as deemed appropriate by the clinical lead
- To be flexible to the needs of service delivery and provide care across Northumberland.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

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.


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