Specialist Therapy Technician

The post holder assists the Social, Therapy, Assessment and Rehabilitation team (STAR) by carrying our delegated duties including advice and education on the use of walking aids and equipment, delivering prescribed exercises. The post holder will have their own case load of non-complex patients as well as assist the qualified therapists with joint therapy sessions., The post holder will assess and treat their own delegated workload of patients and maintain associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through attainment of competencies, experience. They will be responsible for documenting the treatment session in the medical notes.
They are required to carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction / supervision and delivery of prescribed individual and group exercise programmes), requiring an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
They are required to carry out administration tasks such as managing the delivery of walking aids and small pieces of ADL equipment.
The post holder works alongside senior physiotherapists to facilitate safe and effective rehabilitation programmes, to educate and encourage patients to maximise their rehabilitation potential.
The post holder contributes to 7 day working across the Trust

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St George's Hospital is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.