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Advanced Physiotherapy Assistant | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,948 - £29,468 per annum inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6485637/196-LIS8703 |
Summary
We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic person to join our respiratory physiotherapy team at St Thomas'. This role will involve working closely with critical care physiotherapists to support and deliver high quality, holistic rehabilitation and respiratory care on the critical care unit.
This opportunity will provide the successful candidate with an excellent opportunity to develop their understanding of physiotherapy and patient management skills.
To assist physiotherapists in providing a high standard physiotherapy service to patients in critical care within the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and to undertake duties to support the smooth functioning of the physiotherapy department and service by:
• Assisting the physiotherapist to carry out delegated physiotherapy duties
• Treating own delegated workload of patients and maintaining associated patient records
• Ensuring equipment is cleaned and available to the physiotherapy team in a timely fashion
• Assisting in the administration and clerical duties of the department
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.
Physiotherapy Department Information
The physiotherapy department employs around 300 staff to provide physiotherapy services to the frontline directorates at Guys, St Thomas’ and Evelina Children’s hospitals as well as Lambeth and Southwark Community Health services.
Organisational Values:
The post holder will:
· Put patients first- consider the patient’s needs and wishes in all that they do
· Take pride in what they do– strive for highest standards on own work and challenge colleagues to do the same
· Strive to be the best– in terms of patient care & teamwork
· Act with integrity - maintain the privacy & dignity of patients, work with integrity and be trustworthy, be accountable for own work
· Respect others– patients, visitors and colleagues. Actively give and receive feedback.
See full job description attached for more details.
CLINICAL
Patient Care
• To carry own caseload of patients with a medically stable condition as delegated by the physiotherapist.
• To provide competent treatment to patients within set clinical protocols.
• Able to work with minimal or no immediate supervision of a physiotherapist or registered nurse.
• To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or making minor modifications to treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters.
• To assist with the care of patients including preparing drinks, supervising drinking, toileting, dressing and undressing.
• To assist the physiotherapist with individual treatments and exercise programmes
• To be able to recognise change in the condition of a patient with guidance from physiotherapists and to watch the patient response to any treatment undertaken.
• To monitor the reaction of patients to specific physiotherapy techniques undertaken.
• To demonstrate an awareness of clinical risk and ability to manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times including observing patients in all situations applicable to physiotherapy, ensuring safety and security at all times.
• To comply, at all times, with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations and to take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of others in the working environment
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
• To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for physiotherapy treatment of patients.
• To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
• To attend mandatory annual training (Fire, Manual Handling and Adult Basic Life Support)
This advert closes on Sunday 4 Aug 2024