Physiotherapy Assistant | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6235257/319-6235257SO |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team within NTIMS (North Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service). The post-holder will mainly be based at North Tyneside General Hospital, including working in the department and gym but may also be required to work at other sites.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust manages 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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
NTIMS (North Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service) is the musculoskeletal Physiotherapy service provider in North Tyneside and part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Clinics are based in the main from North Tyneside General Hospital with further sessions in a number of primary care locations around the region.
• 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.
• To manage own caseload of non-complex patients, with support from qualified Physiotherapists to progress treatments appropriately.
• To be competent in issuing walking aids.
• 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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification and/or experience.
• To work under the supervision of a qualified Physiotherapist to implement treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients.
• To assist Physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients.
• Previous experience as a Physiotherapy or Health Care Assistant desirable.
• Good communication and listening skills.
• Ability to work without continuous supervision and carry own caseload of non complex patients, with support from qualified staff to progress treatments.
• Basic IT skills essential.
• Current driving licence desirable.
This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024
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