MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Assistant

We have an opportunity for a physiotherapy assistant to join our diverse and expanding Outpatient Musculoskeletal physiotherapy team.

This post will be based at Leamington Hospital, however there may be requirement to provide cover at other MSK clinics across south Warwickshire and Rugby.

The successful applicant is required to partake and support various group based exercise classes offering patients verbal encouragement and instruction.

Other responsibilities include undertaking assessments of patients with mobility problems, supervising and developing individual exercise programs for patients with common conditions, conducting housekeeping duties within the department and completing electronic administrative task- all roles are under the mentorship of qualified physiotherapists.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust's Physiotherapy department is a large and expanding department which possesses a wealth of physiotherapeutic knowledge and expertise.

The team covers a '7 day' service and so the successful applicant would be required to assist physiotherapy staff working on inpatient wards at Warwick Hospital on some weekend days.

Main duties of the job

To support the Physiotherapist in providing a high standard physiotherapy service in community, outpatient and inpatients settings.

To assess, treat and progress treatment of patients either individually or within groups according to protocols set by Senior Physiotherapists.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.