Physiotherapy Assistant | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team within JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service). The role will be based at Wansbeck General Hospital, but will involve working at other sites (Blyth, Morpeth).
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust manages three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.
JMAPS is the musculoskeletal physiotherapy service provider in Northumberland and part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. JMAPS is a partnership contract with Connect Health - the successful candidate will be employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.JMAPS clinics are based at several hospitals and GP practices across Northumberland.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please note: for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval from your current manager and have completed documentation required beforehand (see secondment policy) , as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.
To be accountable to a specialist team leader and ultimately site managerTo work predominantly within an identified client group but be prepared to work flexibly across
the service.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.
High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients.
To manage own caseload of non-complex patients, with support from qualified Physiotherapists to progress treatments appropriately.
To be competent in issuing walking aids and off the shelf splints.
To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment.
To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025