Respiratory Physiotherapy Technician

Medical Respiratory Physiotherapy Team - FPH

Are you enthusiastic and compassionate with experience of working within the NHS?

We are looking for a Band 3 Physio technician to join the Medical Respiratory team.

The team provides respiratory and rehabilitation services to the patients across M block including MADU - the Medical Acute Dependency Unit. You would be working alongside senior physiotherapists as well as managing your own caseload/ interventions across the medical respiratory wards.

We offer comprehensive training, ongoing professional development and the opportunity to work in a supportive, forward-thinking team that values innovation and patient-centred care.

Working as part of the service you will:

• Assist physiotherapists in delivering high-quality rehabilitation to respiratory patients in the acute phase of their illness.
• Work closely with physiotherapists and the rest of the MDT to provide holistic care.
• Manage a basic caseload of patients including initial assessment and discharging patients with support as required from a senior physiotherapist.
• Assist with non clinical tasks including statistics, ordering of equipment, maintaining stock and cleaning tasks.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
• Associate member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• Documented evidence of C.P.D.

• To have had experience working as a Physiotherapy Assistant in the relevant speciality (Respiratory Medicine).
• To have worked as part of a team.

• Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication.
• Organisational skills
• IT literate
• Able to prioritise workload
• Teaching skills.
• Ability to present information to a small group.

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.

£26,240 to £27,928 a yearper annum incl HCAS