Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Physiotherapy Assistant
The closing date is 30 December 2025
Applications are invited from candidates who are interested in working at Band 3 level to support the physiotherapy team working within orthopaedics.
Experience will be gained within the orthopedic team across trauma and elective surgery. The successful candidate will mainly work clinically at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital on the Orthopaedic Trauma ward but may be required to work at other sites. Duties will include clinical caseload delegated by qualified staff, documentation, ordering equipment, assistance with activities of daily living. Previous experience of working in Physiotherapy is essential.
This post will involve weekend, bank holiday and shift working.
Please note that this post will close once we have received a suitable number of applications.
Main duties of the job
* To be accountable to a specialist team leader and ultimately site manager.
* To work predominantly within an identified client group but be prepared to work flexibly across the service.
Job responsibilities
To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans. To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients. Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patients quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence. To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment. To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience
Experience
* Previous experience of relevant speciality
* Previous experience as Physiotherapy or HCA or equivalent in social care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Salary
£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Not specified
Reference number
319-7673384PM
Job locations
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
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