Paediatric Therapy Assistant | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

As the Paediatric Therapy Assistant for Child Health, you will be responsible for providing a high standardoftherapytopaediatricward-basedpatientsand outpatients at BNHH, RHCH and AWMH.

You will workwith the paediatric physiotherapists in the implementationand progressionofrehabilitation programmesand therapeuticinterventions. You will strive toenable patients to achieve their optimum levelofindependence in mobility andactivities of daily living on the acute and rehab wards.

You will be responsible for thepreparation, set-up and runningof the paediatric therapy outpatient classes and hydrotherapy. You willparticipate asa member of the multi-disciplinaryteam assisting with specified duties and take responsibility for the planning of your own work duties.

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Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

· Toberesponsible for implementing prescribed treatment programmes withanallocated caseload, following aninitialscreening by a qualified PaediatricPhysiotherapist

· To work with Paediatric Physiotherapists with planning and facilitating the patient's progressionthrough the treatmentplan, within the protocols/plans set out by the qualified therapists.

· Totake responsibilityfor delegated caseload andreport outcomes appropriately,including reporting urgentand importantinformationpromptlyto the appropriateperson.