Physiotherapy Assistant Chesterfield, England
Job description
Temporary Physiotherapy Assistant (12 months)
We’re looking for an exceptional individual interested in the care and rehabilitation and we want to hear from you! We’re a successful Trust with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience. The key to our success is simple: our people. Their experience, knowledge, passion and ideas are our greatest resource. This opportunity has arisen due to a current member of the assistant team being successful in achieving a secondment into a more advanced role. Your job, alongside your team colleagues, will be to deliver an excellent MSK/ Women’s and Men’s Health Out-Patient and Orthopaedic In-patient Physiotherapy service. You will be working with our current team to ensure our patients receive timely and expert assessment and rehabilitation. With your energy and commitment to our public service, you’ll be able to make a huge difference. We are looking a dedicated individual, with caring and / or experience of rehabilitation, who is keen to gather experience in physiotherapy and work with our current team to deliver excellent care.
As a member of the Physiotherapy Assistant Team, you will support the team to deliver care for out-patients following musculoskeletal injuries/ orthopaedic surgery, by providing walking aids and motivation to actively participate in their rehabilitation and recovery, during exercise and hydrotherapy sessions. There is also the opportunity to work alongside our Women’s and Men’s Health Team, to deliver excellent post-natal care and our In-patient Orthopaedic Team, working with our patient’s immediately following Orthopaedic surgery. An important aspect of this role is your contribution to achieving high levels of Infection, Prevention and Control management, through shared house-keeping duties and stock ordering/ management.
Alongside other team members, you’ll embody our proud to CARE values to contribute to a truly inclusive workplace. We’re not shy about celebrating our people at the Trust and taking them with us on our collaborative, system working journey, with our partners across the local area. So, we want you to contribute to the Physiotherapy Service at our Trust. Here’s a message from Sharon Wood, one of our Service & Professional Development Lead’s in Physiotherapy: “If you have experience of working in a caring role, a passion for rehabilitation or physiotherapy, and believe your motivation can help us work with our system partners to deliver the excellent Physiotherapy service our patients deserve, come and join us! I’d love to welcome you in our team.”
We provide a full range of district general services including urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery. We also offer primary care through three GP practices with eight surgeries between them. Our vision is exceptional care provided by exceptional people. Our mission is to bring our people, communities and partners together- providing patient care we can all be proud of. Your energy and participation will be critical to our success.
We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this by “Leading the Chesterfield Way”, and with our Proud to CARE values. This means leading with care, openness, integrity and embedding an inclusive culture. We know that people have a life and responsibilities outside of work and we offer flexibility and a whole raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing. This role is hugely important to us and we look forward to hearing from you.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.
Please note that the interview for the role will be face to face with a short skills test.
