Job Introduction
Join Our Team as a Physiotherapy Assistant – 30 Hours per Week
Location: Chippenham Community Hospital – Outpatient Physiotherapy Department
Are you passionate about helping people on their journey to recovery? Do you want to be part of a supportive and dynamic team that puts patient care at the heart of everything?
We’re looking for a dedicated Physiotherapy Assistant to join our friendly Outpatient Physiotherapy team at Chippenham Community Hospital.
What you'll be doing:
Supporting individuals through their rehabilitation journey, working within clearly defined protocols and guidelines
Delivering treatments and exercises based on the Physiotherapist’s plan and patient goals
Assisting patients both one-on-one and in group classes, under the guidance of a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
Using a range of techniques (including simple electrotherapy modalities, once trained)
Encouraging patients to take an active role in their recovery, involving carers where appropriate
Working closely with the wider Physiotherapy and Multidisciplinary Team
Helping patients achieve meaningful progress in a caring, patient-centred environment
What we offer:
A warm, team-focused working environment
A structured competency framework with ongoing training and support
Opportunities to build experience in a clinical setting
The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives, every single day
If you're caring, motivated, and eager to support others in their rehabilitation, we'd love to hear from you!
For an informal discussion please contact Nick Jones 07393 146 980 email: Nicholas.Jones@hcrgcaregroup.com
Main Responsibility
1. To work within the Physiotherapy and Multidisciplinary Team.
2. To deliver treatment by following the specified plan from the Physiotherapist and the patients rehabilitation goals.
3. To work within a competency framework, with appropriate training to enable delivery of different treatments, including some simple electrotherapy modalities as instructed by the physiotherapist
4. To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
5. To undertake the daily rehabilitation and support of delegated patients.
6. Deliver treatment within a group setting as specified in the class schedule, under the guidance of a registered Occupational and/or Physiotherapist.
7. To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body’s guidelines.
8. Wherever possible, to promote independent function throughout the patient’s treatment.
9. To contribute to administratively organising classes including waiting list management, referrals, booking, discharging.
10. To undertake Health and Safety and equipment checks, including checking clinical equipment, for the department.
Please see the attached Job Description for the full list of responsibilities.
The Ideal Candidate
• NVQ Level 3 in health care or equivalent qualification.
• Good level of general education
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of working under distanced supervision.
• Experience of supporting others.
• Experience of confidentiality issues.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Delivering patient focused care.
• Ability to recognise own limitations.
• Typing/data inputting skills.
• Moving and handling skills.
• Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
• Current full driving license and use of a car.
• Self-motivated.
• Good time management
• Open, honest, and innovative.
Package Description
You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £ 24,486 - £ 26,155.50 with group pension
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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