Therapy Assistant Practitioner | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Therapy Assistant Practitioner | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Therapy Assistant Practitioner (B4) Role – Fixed Term Maternity Cover for up to 10 months 24.75 hours/week (0.66wte)

Women’s Health Physiotherapy Team

This fantastic role is central to the women’s health physiotherapy team  will work within a passionate, warm and experienced team who will support you in your development.

Once trained you will be able to assess and treat women with pelvic health issues (e.g. pelvic pain in pregnancy, bladder problems), and work on the maternity ward and breast cancer wards offering standard physiotherapy advice and support with exercises and education prior to patient discharge.

You will support the rest of the team with non-clinical admin and day-to-day running of the service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with:

• -Excellent communication and organisation skills
• -A desire to improve and develop
• -Confidence to lead group sessions independently
• -Ability to work both within a team and autonomously

Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively.

Once trained and competencies signed off - Your role will incorporate both clinical and non-clinical work:

• - You will be assessing and educating women’s health physiotherapy patients 1:1 and in a group setting in outpatients.
• - You will carry out ward-based therapy work on the maternity wards – offering pelvic health advice, and on the breast cancer ward issuing advice and home exercise programmes prior to discharge.
• - You will document all clinical encounters.
• - Stock taking, general housekeeping and administrative duties.

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.

Please see attached the person specification and job description for more details regarding this role.