Physiotherapy Associate Practitioner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our accredited pulmonary rehabilitation team two days a week (0.4wte) as an Associate Practitioner. This post will support the physiotherapy led team to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation to patients across the city of Newcastle upon Tyne both in the community and on the various hospital sites. We are a team of physiotherapists and associate practitioners who are passionate about delivering high quality care to our patients. We also are lucky to have input from occupational therapists and a dietitian within the team.

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an evidenced based treatment that is proven to improve quality of life using exercise and education. This is an ideal opportunity if you are an experienced rehabilitation or therapy assistant looking to further develop your knowledge and skills. Basic knowledge of this client group and experience of carrying out exercise programmes in a group setting is essential. Experience of delivering basic education to a group of patients with lung disease will also be beneficial.

Part of your role will be to carry out one to one assessments of these patients both over the telephone and face to face. The post holder will be expected to spend time on the telephone building rapport with patients and delivering treatment so strong communication skills will be required.

Main duties of the job

There is a clinical administration component to this role. Those with confident IT skills in word and excel would be encouraged to apply.

A valid UK Driving License is essential to this role as you will be expected to cross sites from a hospital setting to the community venue.

Full training is available, and competencies will be carried out by the pulmonary rehabilitation team. Days of working would be Monday and Thursday.

• Interview date: Monday 12 May 2025
• 15 hours/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the role will include but are not limited to:

Ensuring correct use of confidential information in line with Caldicott and Information Governance

Carrying out telephone calls with patients

Ordering of equipment

Following the standard operating procedures written by the team

Independently able to carry out assessments of patients face to face and over the telephone

Delivering exercise to a group of patients and independently evaluate progress and adapt where required

Delivering education to a group of patients

Independently carrying out discharge assessments

Carrying our aspects of administration, the use of word, excel and the NUTH electronic records for note writing and letters

Inputting data into a national database and our own in-house databases

Attending and delivering teaching and training to the team

Attending team meetings where applicable to the team

Taking on own QI projects and work with the team on larger projects to ensure ongoing development of the service

Be responsible for own training needs and learning

Work along side students who come to work within the team

Job Purpose

• To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the Physiotherapy team in the efficient and effective delivery of Physical Rehabilitation to patients within speciality area within the framework of clinical governance
• To accept a patient caseload referred by a physiotherapist according to specific criteria. To treat patients according to set protocols, monitoring patient progress, modifying and progressing patient treatment programmes as required, with referral back to physiotherapists as/when appropriate
• To carry out basic assessment and treatment of non-complex patients as delegated by the physiotherapist (to include basic chest physiotherapy and mobility protocols)
• To provide and deliver individualised exercise programmes
• To accurately record rehabilitation progress as per Trust documentation /database including physiotherapeutic outcome measures To undertake a clinical caseload within speciality area , without supervision for at least 50% of the time within protocols and guidelines set by the designated physiotherapist
• To coordinate, supervise and teach junior therapy assistants

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.