Physiotherapy assistant practitioner - Acute Medicine

Job overview

Nottingham University Hospital’s NHS Trust (NUH) has an opportunity for an enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated individual to join the Acute Medicine Physiotherapy Team at Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) working as a Band 4 Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner, part time (18.75h per week), on a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment.

Acute Medicine is a fast paced speciality with a high acuity and turnover of patients.

You will be expected to manage your own caseload, perform new patient assessments and formulate appropriate discharge plans to support patient flow through the hospital.

This role primarily involves working on the front door, on Ward B3 and the Acute Medical Receiving Area (AMRA). There will be some opportunity to support the physiotherapy team on the Level 1 Unit with the early mobilisation and rehabilitation of patients in the acute phase of their hospital journey.

You will have support from qualified staff with complex patients and the opportunity to have regular supervision.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the summary below, please familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert. Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

Managing a caseload of patients on a short stay medical ward, with support from a qualified team of physiotherapists.

Assessing patient’s mobility and suitability for discharge. This caseload normally consists of frailty, falls, and care home patients as well as less complex medical patients requiring mobility assessments.

Participating in delegated rehabilitation intervention. On B3 and AMRA there may occasionally be patients with simple upper and lower limb trauma, ambulatory stroke/ neurology patients and respiratory patients. These will be assessed by a qualified physiotherapist and you may have some involvement in reviewing their progress/ supporting with rehabilitation.

Attending multidisciplinary board round with a focus on flow and discharge and an opportunity to be an advocate for patients.

Ordering and collecting mobility aids to ensure sufficient supply.

Accurately recording patients contacts on clinical manager.

Updating Nervecentre with a summary of the patients mobility status and discharge plans and sending referrals in a timely manner.

Sending community referrals to community partners for patients at risk of falling or with a reduction in mobility/function.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Acute Medicine Team is part of the wider Acute Inpatient Team, which covers Critical Care, Surgical and General Medicine wards. There are regular opportunities to attend in-service training sessions, with topics and guest speakers from a wide variety of specialities. You will have regular monthly supervision sessions and an annual appraisal.

On the Acute Medical wards you will work closely with the Front Door Integrated Discharge Team (IDT), Nurses, Doctors and Advance Clinical Practitioners. This is a very supportive environment and there is a real focus on patient safety and discharge where the input of therapy staff is highly valued and appreciated.

Please familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Role is part time, 18.75h per week working Wednesday-Friday.  Core hours are 8.15-4.15.