Physiotherapy Assistant

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen to work as a band 3 physiotherapy assistant within the Paediatric Physiotherapy service with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful applicant will work with children and young people from the ages of 0 - 19, with varying conditions, in many different locations, including mainstream schools, special schools, nurseries, family hubs and homes. Assisting the Paediatric Physiotherapists in the treatment of the children and young people.
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 children or groups of children.
Work with the physiotherapist to improve the child’s quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence.
To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment.
to manage own caseload of non-complex children, with support from a qualified physiotherapist to progress their treatment appropriately.
To implement treatment programmes prescribed by qualified physiotherapists.
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 be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.
To plan and organise own day-to-day work tasks and activities as directed by the physiotherapist on a daily basis.
To record patient treatment in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with the trust standard.
To work to the standards of individual clinical areas to ensure that background knowledge is acquired through independent learning and collaboration with senior staff.
To participate in in-service training programme and CPD activities as appropriate

Please refer the Job description for details