Respiratory Physiotherapy Therapy Assistant

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Working within an award winning Respiratory Multi-disciplinary Team to promote and support the running of the community Adult Integrated Respiratory (AIR) Service.
The aims of the service, and so the assistant, are to promote Respiratory patient independence and improved self-management. This will include support, education and often facilitation of behaviour change through therapy.
The postholder will have a wide-ranging role, bridging supervised and non-supervised clinical (patient) input with administration and organisation to ensure the smooth running of the Respiratory Physiotherapy Services alongside the Physiotherapists and Nurses. These services include Pulmonary Rehabilitation (assessment clinics, face to face classes and remote facilitation through phone contact and online platforms), Ambulatory Oxygen Clinic and Respiratory Physiotherapy Domiciliary and Outpatient services.
Training will be provided and up banding to a Band 4 is available once competencies are met.
Non-clinically; the post holder will be providing administrative support. This administrative support will be patient centred and varied but could be up to 50% of your week. This will include waiting list management, booking appointments, filling classes, setting up the sessions, assisting with assessment, completing documentation, issuing letters, maintaining the database, and any other organisational tasks required by the service.
The service is working towards a seven-day service.
Under the direction of a registered physiotherapist with or without direct supervision to supervise, guide and progress patients independently during Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes, whether these be remotely or face to face, working safely and within scope of practice at all times.
Be responsible for the organisation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes with administrative support; including waiting list management, booking appointments, filling classes, setting up the session, assisting with assessment, completing documentation, issuing letters, maintaining the database, and any other organisational tasks required by the service.
Under supervision initially the postholder will be expected to setup and then co-run Maintenance classes for Pulmonary Rehabilitation patients at a variety of venues. Training will be provided for this.
Under the direction of a registered physiotherapist with or without direct supervision to supervise and guide patients independently during ambulatory oxygen and Pulmonary Rehabilitation assessment, working safely and within scope of practice at all times.
To conduct telephone and online assessment and reviews with patients – progressing exercise programmes, reviewing progress, and liaising with senior staff as needed.
To provide leadership and training as agreed with supervisor to students, patients, and carers.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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