Physiotherapy Assistant

We are looking for someone to join our Acute Therapy teams.

The role is to provide assistance to the therapy staff in organising and delivering efficient, effective patient care.

This post will include some clinical activity assisting the therapy staff with patient treatments, but is primarily involved in clerical and administration duties directly supporting the therapy team.

This post is based at Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby working primarily on the acute medicine wards and in the therapy department.

The candidate must have good communication and interpersonal skills. They will be expected to be involved in supporting the therapists with treatment programs, data collection, ordering equipment and accompanying therapists on home visits. Duties will also include non-clinical administrative duties such as collating information and
maintenance/delivery of equipment to support the team with delivering the service.

We provide in-service training, CPD and appraisal.

The post is a permanent 37.5 hour per week contract and may suit someone who is already experienced in this area of rehabilitation or someone who is looking to start a career in the NHS.

This will include carrying out delegated clinical work with patients, administrative and clerical duties within the service area.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

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• Valid Full Diving Licence
• NVQ Level II in Health and Social Care
• Level 2 literacy and numeracy (GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English)
• Basic understanding of the post
• IT-related skills and training
• Professional appearance
• Fit enough to maintain moderate to intense physical effort
• Ability to follow instructions and teach others
• Clear and effective communication skills verbal and written
• Able to work effectively in a team
• Self-motivated to work independently with delegated tasks
• Understanding of Trust values
• Willingness to undertake training
• Relates well to people
• Desire to work with unwell patients
• Willingness to work flexibly over a seven-day service

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Following consultation the Health and Social Care Act 2008 has been amended, which includes the provision that from 11th November 2021 all workers in CQC registered care homes are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical exemption applies. If appointed to a role which includes deployment to care homes you will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination or medical exemption in order to undertake the role. This evidence will be required post-appointment as part of the pre-employment check process. Please note that the requirement for full vaccination, or medical exemption, will be a requirement of the terms and conditions of service for staff deployed to care homes.