Physiotherapy Assistant - Guildford, United Kingdom - Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Guildford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team as a Physiotherapy Assistant.

You will be part of our team working with older adults' inpatients with mental health problems.

We are looking for people with excellent communication skills who are also well organised and self-motivated.

You will be working with physiotherapy colleagues within the inpatient wards and under the professional leadership of the lead Band 7 Physiotherapist.

We have one part-time role available:
Victoria Ward, Farnham Road Hospital at Guildford. This is a part time role for 18.45 hours per week. Victoria Ward is a 20 bed mixed ward with predominantly male people in their care.

The post holder is not expected to work weekends or out of hours.

The successful applicant will ideally have experience of working within an older adult mental health setting and the role is suitable for a person who is passionate about providing a high-quality holistic approach to the care and support provided to people admitted into the ward to exercise choice over their own lives.

The role of the Physiotherapy Assistant is to assist in providing Physiotherapy input, following client assessment and treatment planning by a qualified Physiotherapist.

He/she will work under the supervision of a qualified Physiotherapist for clinical issues.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.

We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.