Job summary
We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic physiotherapy assistant to join our paediatric physiotherapy team at Evelina London. This role will involve working closely with inpatient physiotherapists to support and deliver high quality and holistic care on the children's wards, based predominantly on the orthopaedic and neurology wards. The successful candidate will require excellent communication skills and the ability to build rapport with CYP and their families. They should be able to manage their time efficiently and prioritise their workload. The job role is diverse and will include hands on time with patients but also considerable administrative duties.
This opportunity will provide the successful candidate with an excellent opportunity to develop their understanding of physiotherapy and patient management skills.
This is a permanent full time position, Monday to Friday.
Main duties of the job
To assist physiotherapists in providing a high standard physiotherapy service to patients in the care of Evelina London Children's Hospital and within the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and to undertake duties to support the smooth functioning of the physiotherapy department and service by:
Assisting the physiotherapist to carry out delegated physiotherapy duties
Treating own delegated workload of patients and maintaining associated patient records
Ensuring equipment is cleaned and available to the physiotherapy team in a timely fashion
Assisting in the administration and clerical duties of the department
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.
Physiotherapy Department Information
The physiotherapy department employs around 300 staff to provide physiotherapy services to the frontline directorates at Guys, St Thomas' and Evelina Children's hospitals as well as Lambeth and Southwark Community Health services.
Our values
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it.
It is important that we all understand and reflect these values in our work.
We are:
Caring - we put patients first
Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence
Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively
Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. The framework can be found on our Trust jobs pages and our intranet.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full job description attached for more details.
CLINICAL
Patient Care
- To carry own caseload of patients with a medically stable condition as delegated by the physiotherapist.
- To provide competent treatment to patients within set clinical protocols.
- Able to work with minimal or no immediate supervision of a physiotherapist or registered nurse.
- To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or making minor modifications to treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters.
- To assist with the care of patients including preparing drinks, supervising drinking, toileting, dressing and undressing.
- To assist the physiotherapist with individual treatments and exercise programmes
- To be able to recognise change in the condition of a patient with guidance from physiotherapists and to watch the patient response to any treatment undertaken.
- To monitor the reaction of patients to specific physiotherapy techniques undertaken.
- To demonstrate an awareness of clinical risk and ability to manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times including observing patients in all situations applicable to physiotherapy, ensuring safety and security at all times.
- To comply, at all times, with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations and to take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of others in the working environment
- To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
- To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for physiotherapy treatment of patients.
- To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
- To attend mandatory annual training (Fire, Manual Handling and Adult Basic Life Support)
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full job description attached for more details.
CLINICAL
Patient Care
- To carry own caseload of patients with a medically stable condition as delegated by the physiotherapist.
- To provide competent treatment to patients within set clinical protocols.
- Able to work with minimal or no immediate supervision of a physiotherapist or registered nurse.
- To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or making minor modifications to treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters.
- To assist with the care of patients including preparing drinks, supervising drinking, toileting, dressing and undressing.
- To assist the physiotherapist with individual treatments and exercise programmes
- To be able to recognise change in the condition of a patient with guidance from physiotherapists and to watch the patient response to any treatment undertaken.
- To monitor the reaction of patients to specific physiotherapy techniques undertaken.
- To demonstrate an awareness of clinical risk and ability to manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times including observing patients in all situations applicable to physiotherapy, ensuring safety and security at all times.
- To comply, at all times, with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations and to take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of others in the working environment
- To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
- To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for physiotherapy treatment of patients.
- To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
- To attend mandatory annual training (Fire, Manual Handling and Adult Basic Life Support)
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Completed NVQ Level 3 or equivalent/A levels OR Relevant experience in a healthcare/education setting and base level of theoretic knowledge
Previous experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a healthcare/rehabilitation/education setting
- Experience of performing basic administrative work e.g. photocopying, filing, scanning, etc
- Experience of working in a team
Desirable
- Experience of working in an inpatient healthcare setting
- Experience as a therapy assistant
- Experience of working with children and/or young adults
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the role of a physiotherapist
- Basic computer skills, able to use Microsoft word, excel and power point.
- Able to maintain own caseload of patients with simple predictable conditions, as delegated by the physiotherapist, within prescribed protocols with minimum or no immediate support.
- Prioritise appropriately in order to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively and contribute as a member of a multi-therapy and multi-disciplinary team.
- Good command of both written and oral English in order to present information in a clear and logical manner and maintain legible and accurate notes.
- Ability to work independently using own judgement within defined parameters, recognises boundaries of own responsibilities.
- Good interpersonal skills in order to communicate and work effectively and appropriately with others.
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
- Demonstrates an understanding of confidentiality both written and verbal and willingness to apply this understanding to the work situation
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of a range of manual handling techniques
Physical Requirements
Essential
- The ability to lift and move patients in line with trust manual handling guidance
Personal developement
Essential
- Demonstrates interest in developing new knowledge and skills
- Evidence of maintaining own professional development
- Able to motivate self, colleagues and service users
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Completed NVQ Level 3 or equivalent/A levels OR Relevant experience in a healthcare/education setting and base level of theoretic knowledge
Previous experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a healthcare/rehabilitation/education setting
- Experience of performing basic administrative work e.g. photocopying, filing, scanning, etc
- Experience of working in a team
Desirable
- Experience of working in an inpatient healthcare setting
- Experience as a therapy assistant
- Experience of working with children and/or young adults
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the role of a physiotherapist
- Basic computer skills, able to use Microsoft word, excel and power point.
- Able to maintain own caseload of patients with simple predictable conditions, as delegated by the physiotherapist, within prescribed protocols with minimum or no immediate support.
- Prioritise appropriately in order to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively and contribute as a member of a multi-therapy and multi-disciplinary team.
- Good command of both written and oral English in order to present information in a clear and logical manner and maintain legible and accurate notes.
- Ability to work independently using own judgement within defined parameters, recognises boundaries of own responsibilities.
- Good interpersonal skills in order to communicate and work effectively and appropriately with others.
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
- Demonstrates an understanding of confidentiality both written and verbal and willingness to apply this understanding to the work situation
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of a range of manual handling techniques
Physical Requirements
Essential
- The ability to lift and move patients in line with trust manual handling guidance
Personal developement
Essential
- Demonstrates interest in developing new knowledge and skills
- Evidence of maintaining own professional development
- Able to motivate self, colleagues and service users
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
