Band 4 Senior Therapy Assistant, Outpatients

The post is full time, 37.5 hours a week, and is based at the Southend hospital site but will include the need to cover clinics held in off-site clinics.
The Southend Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy Outpatient Service manages a diverse caseload of MSK conditions and includes both surgical and non-surgical referrals. The Band 4 Therapy Assistant is a pivotal role in this service, providing assistance to the qualified Therapists, organising and delivering group therapy sessions and managing their own delegated caseload.
The team fosters a supportive environment that seeks to develop support workers and provide them with the skills to deliver holistic patient centred care., The successful candidate will be required to work with patients who are referred to the outpatient physiotherapy service with a variety of different presentations that require therapeutic support. Therapists and support workers play a vital role in maintaining and improving the patients physical and mental wellbeing whilst recovery takes place.
The role will involve working with patients in group and one to one sessions taking responsibility for a caseload, performing timely assessment, planning management and providing feedback to qualified staff.
You will be joining a team who provide high quality patient focused care and will be required to work within a busy environment alongside other healthcare professionals. Training for this role will be provided to support your development through supervision, competency training and in service training., To treat own caseload of patients in the MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy setting; according to set treatment protocols, monitor progression, and make alterations to patients treatment programmes as and when required.
To use clinical reasoning to utilise a range of assessment and treatment skills to formulate treatment programmes.
To work unsupervised regularly and report back progress or change from expected findings to a qualified therapist.
To organise and deliver of outpatient classes/group sessions.

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Band 4 Therapy Assistant to work in the MSK Physiotherapy Outpatient Service.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve., Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.