Physiotherapy Assistant
2 weeks ago
Experience will be gained within the Care of the Elderly Physiotherapy team across a range of inpatient ward areas.
- 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.
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 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 Superintendent
- To be flexible to the needs of service delivery and provide care across Northumberland and North Tyneside.
- To support qualified staff in the monitoring and re-ordering of walking aids and other basic equipment.
- To supply aids and appliances under the direction of a qualified physiotherapist (e.g. walking aids, collars, corsets, splints) ensuring appropriate sizing, and educating the client in correct use of appliance.
- To reassess suitability of aids and appliances and progress as appropriate.
- To be responsible for the care of equipment, checking it is safe to use on delivery and issue, reporting faults appropriately and ensuring records are up to date.
- To be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of equipment as required by the department.e.g. non invasive ventilation or resuscitation trolley.
- To be responsible for the correct and safe use of the physical environment.
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