Job summary
To undertake care and management of patients within St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, under the guidance of qualified physiotherapists and to carry out duties supporting the smooth functioning of the service. These include but are not limited to:
- Assisting the therapists and supporting the therapy service by carrying out delegated duties.
- Treating own designated workload of patients and maintaining associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through experience and/ or relevant qualifications.
- Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff to carry out physical activity.
- Assisting in maintaining services and contributing to the development of services.
Main duties of the job
The post provides physiotherapy to patients across different inpatient wards. By providing rehabilitation and progressing patients to reach functional independence, the post supports timely discharge and patient flow and is integral to the provision of 7-day inpatient rehabilitation services.
The post also supports the wider physiotherapy department through stock taking and co-ordinating equipment ordering for the whole department to access.
About us
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Trust Vision & Values:
The postholder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust strategy of: Delivering Outstanding Care, Every Time.
Our strategy is founded on four key priorities; providing strong foundations, delivering excellent local services, closer collaboration and offering leading specialist healthcare. We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment.
The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- NVQ 3
- Recognised qualification demonstrating ability to instruct , direct or guide
- ECDL
- First Aid
Experience
Essential
- One year therapy experience
- Experience of assessing patients for disability equipment and instruct them in their proper and safe usage
- Experience of working in a team
Desirable
- Previous experience of data inputting
- Work in voluntary sector or community services available for those faced with disability
- Experience of running exercise groups
- Knowledge of MDT and therapists role within MDT
- Work with patients on a group basis
- Experience of administrative work e.g. photocopying, filing
Skills
Essential
- Recognise boundaries of own scope of practice and duty of care, seeking assistance as appropriate
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Evidence of being self-motivated
- Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Ability to teach practical skills to patients
- Good observation skills
- Ability to follow and provide instructions
- Ability to follow systems and procedures
- Ability to use initiative in addressing own learning needs and appraise own performance
- Demonstrate commitment to life-long learning
- Willingness to work flexibly
Desirable
- Basic computer skills i.e. word processing
- Basic presentation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a knowledge of health care delivery
- Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the role of Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy
- Knowledge and experience of a range of manual handling techniques
- Knowledge of the health and safety policies
- Demonstrates understanding of acute rehabilitation
Desirable
- Basic understanding of commonly used therapy and medical terms
- Knowledge of patient group
Other
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Professional demeanour
- CRB clearance
- Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours (between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday), unsociable hours (8pm to 8am Monday to Friday) and weekend working (8pm Friday to 8am Monday). This may be via additional on-call hours or a shift pattern.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Desirable
- NVQ 3
- Recognised qualification demonstrating ability to instruct , direct or guide
- ECDL
- First Aid
Experience
Essential
- One year therapy experience
- Experience of assessing patients for disability equipment and instruct them in their proper and safe usage
- Experience of working in a team
Desirable
- Previous experience of data inputting
- Work in voluntary sector or community services available for those faced with disability
- Experience of running exercise groups
- Knowledge of MDT and therapists role within MDT
- Work with patients on a group basis
- Experience of administrative work e.g. photocopying, filing
Skills
Essential
- Recognise boundaries of own scope of practice and duty of care, seeking assistance as appropriate
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Evidence of being self-motivated
- Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Ability to teach practical skills to patients
- Good observation skills
- Ability to follow and provide instructions
- Ability to follow systems and procedures
- Ability to use initiative in addressing own learning needs and appraise own performance
- Demonstrate commitment to life-long learning
- Willingness to work flexibly
Desirable
- Basic computer skills i.e. word processing
- Basic presentation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a knowledge of health care delivery
- Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the role of Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy
- Knowledge and experience of a range of manual handling techniques
- Knowledge of the health and safety policies
- Demonstrates understanding of acute rehabilitation
Desirable
- Basic understanding of commonly used therapy and medical terms
- Knowledge of patient group
Other
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Professional demeanour
- CRB clearance
- Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours (between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday), unsociable hours (8pm to 8am Monday to Friday) and weekend working (8pm Friday to 8am Monday). This may be via additional on-call hours or a shift pattern.
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.
