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Physiotherapy Assistant | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	08 August 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	07 September 2024
Location:	Hexham, NE46 1QJ
Company:	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6512405/319-6512405PM

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team within JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service). The post-holder will mainly be based at Hexham General Hospital, including working in the department and gym but may 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.

JMAPS is the musculoskeletal physiotherapy service provider in Northumberland and part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. JMAPS is a partnership contract with Connect Health but the successful candidate will be employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. JMAPS clinics are based at several hospitals and GP practices across Northumberland.
• To be accountable to a specialist team leader and ultimately site manager
• To work predominantly within an identified client group but be prepared to work flexibly across
the service.

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.
• 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.


This advert closes on Thursday 22 Aug 2024

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