Job description
Physiotherapy Assistant
Location: Ditchingham, Norfolk
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 per week
Salary: £11.75 per hour
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Physiotherapy Assistant to support the Registered Qualified Physiotherapist to deliver a person-centered therapy service to adults with physical deficits following an acquired brain injury or from a cerebrovascular accident. You will join our team of Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist and Nurses at All Hallows, Suffolk. All Hallows is a part of the Oakleaf Group, a Leading provider of specialist brain injury inpatients rehabilitation service.
The successful candidate will have:
- A passion to provide high quality care to patients
- Empathy and be a considerate character
- A flexible working approach
- The ability to make decisions and use initiative
- Strong communication skills
Key functions include (but are not limited to):
- Contributing to Physiotherapy assessment and physiotherapy interventions under supervision of a qualified Physiotherapist;
- Reporting on a range of observations to the Physiotherapist;
- Supporting Physiotherapist to undertake teaching and training of staff.
- Undertaking clinically relevant audits
Benefits of working for us:
- Competitive rates of pay
- Free Enhanced DBS check
- Up to 28 Days Holiday
- Access to a wide range of free online courses for all staff on a variety of topics for self-development of your career
- Stakeholder pension
- Free employee assistance programme
- Annual employee awards evening
- Employee recognition schemes
- Career progression within the company
- CareTech Foundation - Opportunity to apply for family and friend’s grants
- Free staff meals
- Free on-site parking
All Hallows Specialist Neurological Rehabilitation Centre supports men and women with complex healthcare needs having experienced a brain injury, stroke or other neurological event. The services provided at All Hallows comprise: Active / Complex Rehabilitation, High Dependency & Specialist Nursing Care, Progressive Neurological Conditions and Community Rehabilitation.
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. If you have not heard back within 14 days please consider your application to be unsuccessful on this occasion.