Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapy assistant practitioner to join the Integrated Respiratory Team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, within the pulmonary rehabilitation service.

The service will be aligned to the NHS Long term plan in expanding pulmonary rehabilitation services. The role will contribute to the development of new pathways in delivering appropriate programmes to promote their recovery, whilst also supporting the established pulmonary rehab service.

The post holder will be expected to support clients undertaking exercise programmes and will work under the supervision of respiratory practitioners. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience working within respiratory, who has passion to develop their existing knowledge, skills and shape the current existing service, continuing to raise the identity and provide high quality respiratory care throughout the community and the acute trust.

The team is a forward-thinking, dynamic, developing and enthusiastic team providing evidence based Respiratory care to chronic disease patients. The Countywide Service is well established and provides an acute review of these patients, providing outpatient clinic appointments, Community Oxygen Assessment Service, Complex Case Management and Pulmonary Rehabilitation across West Kent. The team actively integrates and collaborate with neighbourhood teams throughout the county and liaises with key stakeholders to provide seamless care.

This post will be based in both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals, as well as in the community of West Kent where we currently provide pulmonary rehab in Sutton Valence, West Malling, Paddock Wood and Sevenoaks with the plan to expand to the T/Wells and Tonbridge areas. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and conscientious practitioner to join the existing team.

You will be part of our multi-disciplinary respiratory team which consists of Respiratory Nurse Specialists, respiratory physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants and Assistant Practitioners. You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must be able to prioritise tasks and manage your time effectively and be able to work flexibly within the team and be confident in completing individual tasks.

You will need to have a current UK driving licence as this post is predominantly community based.

The Service hours are currently Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm excluding bank holidays with the aim to work towards a 7-day service.

If you are motivated, enthusiastic, have relevant respiratory background and are interested in working in such a team, then we would like to hear from you., Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.