Address Band 4 Senior Physiotherapy Assistant from 1st April 2024.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Louth and Skegness outpatient physiotherapy team.
Have you got people skills, motivation and a desire to help people reach their maximum physical potential? Do you have a background in rehabilitation, sport or the caring professions, or have a passion to learn and grow a career in health care?
If so we can support and develop you to work as part of the physio team . The successful candidate will work with their own selected caseload getting the opportunity to work alongside our Senior physiotherapists to deliver outpatient rehabilitation to patients with a variety of musculoskeletal, post op orthopaedic conditions, and amputee patients.
Qualifications
Previous experience working within an outpatients setting as a therapy assistant, or working in a health care setting, patients support or exercise environment is desirable
A Band 3-4 transitional post will be considered for those with less experience, with the aim to progress to Band 4 following completion of on the job competencies and/or completion of the required qualifications
Duties will include:
To help cover a wide range of duties across the outpatient department
Undertaking highly skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients
To accept patients referred by the physiotherapist and carry as own patient caseload.
To use clinical judgment and freedom, within the scope of practice, and be able to work independently and flexibly without direct supervision but to receive access to regular supervision from a physiotherapist.
Treat outpatient patients according to set treatment protocols, monitoring progression and make minor alterations as required.
To be responsible for the management of delegated case load of patients maintaining appropriate records.
To contribute to providing a professional service, working effectively as an integral team member.
The post will be full time (37.5 hours a week) and may be required to work as part of a 7 day service.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
