Senior Physiotherapy Assistant in Elderly Care

Job overview

Band 3 Senior Elderly Care Physiotherapy Assistant

PLEASE NOTE: If you are a qualified Physiotherapist, your application will not be considered for this role.

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

We are looking to employ a dynamic, confident, motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Therapies team as a senior Physiotherapy Assistant supporting the Elderly care wards.

In this role you work closely with patients, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking an array of responsibilities and tasks to support the smooth running of the Therapies service.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of patients being treated as delegated by the Physiotherapist whilst being proactive in independently supporting routine patients deemed appropriate by qualified Therapy staff.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical practice for patients under your care.
• To follow Trust and departmental procedures, policy, guidance and pathways where they exist.
• To manage patient in an efficient and safe manner, reporting results and problems identified accurately back to supervising Physiotherapist.
• Be aware of clinical risk within own clinical caseload, and seek advice from Physiotherapist to ensure that clinical risk is effectively identified and managed.
• Under direction deliver a physiotherapy treatment programme either with individual or in a group setting.
• To have knowledge of a range of manual handling and mobility skills relevant to the management of patients, including safe use of transfer equipment.
• To assist in providing effective discharge planning within the team, liaising with other members of the MDT as appropriate.
• Support the development of junior Physiotherapy Assistants.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.