Job summary
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?
Were 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 Physiotherapists plan and patient goals
Assisting patients both one-on
Main duties of the job
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 bodys guidelines.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: </p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;">£ 24,486 - £ 26,155.50 with group pension </li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Free tea and coffee at your base location</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">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</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">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</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">An open, just culture where youre 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 </li><li style="font-size:inherit;">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</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> NVQ Level 3 in health care or equivalent qualification.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good level of general education</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of working in a healthcare setting.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of working under distanced supervision.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of supporting others.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of confidentiality issues.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to work as a team member.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Delivering patient focused care.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to recognise own limitations.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Typing/data inputting skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Moving and handling skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Current full driving license and use of a car.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Self-motivated.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good time management</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Open, honest, and innovative.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p>
Job description
Job responsibilities
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: </p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;">£ 24,486 - £ 26,155.50 with group pension </li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Free tea and coffee at your base location</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">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</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">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</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">An open, just culture where youre 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 </li><li style="font-size:inherit;">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</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> NVQ Level 3 in health care or equivalent qualification.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good level of general education</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of working in a healthcare setting.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of working under distanced supervision.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of supporting others.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of confidentiality issues.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to work as a team member.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Delivering patient focused care.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to recognise own limitations.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Typing/data inputting skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Moving and handling skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Current full driving license and use of a car.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Self-motivated.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good time management</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Open, honest, and innovative.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p>
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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.
