Physiotherapy Assistant

4 months ago


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

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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- 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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