Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Therapy Technician

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Job summary

Are you interested in working in a team that strives to prevent Hospital Related Deconditioning and reduce length of stay? Do you have sound communication skills and a proactive and problem solving approach? Are you passionate about striving for the best possible experience for your patients?

Main duties of the job

Alongside the clinical base we will provide you with opportunities to be involved in service development and participate in the in-service training rota within the service with an aim of delivering the highest quality of therapy service to our patients with a home first approach. You will have a professional but warm approach and we will provide support and training to enable you to carry out:

Mobility practice and progression
Be confident with the use of walking aids and equipment
Implementing exercise programme
To support qualified staff across the Acute medical and Medically optimised wards ensuring early assessment and discharge planning within scope of Band 3competence.
Complete administrative tasks

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1017Y

Job locations

Southwick Hill Road

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for you to work as a Therapy Technician within the Medical Therapy team at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.

We are a large, dynamic and integrated team of qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Therapy Associate Practitioners and Therapy Technicians, led by a Team Lead Physiotherapist alongside a Specialist Occupational Therapist.

We work in a fast paced and varied department across a diverse caseload on Medically optimised and Acute medical wards (Respiratory, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine). In this full-time role you support Registered staff and Therapy Assistant Practitioners to provide early assessment and discharge planning and to implement treatment plans with supervision available from qualified therapists.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for you to work as a Therapy Technician within the Medical Therapy team at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Maths & English GSCEs (grades 9-4 or A*-C) OR Functional skills level 2 in English & Maths
Care Certificate - Or essential to be completed within 3 months of joining the Trust

Desirable

Level 3 Apprenticeship or equivalent

Experience

Desirable

Previous healthcare experience, particularly within therapy
Experience of liaising with other agencies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Maths & English GSCEs (grades 9-4 or A*-C) OR Functional skills level 2 in English & Maths
Care Certificate - Or essential to be completed within 3 months of joining the Trust

Desirable

Level 3 Apprenticeship or equivalent

Experience

Desirable

Previous healthcare experience, particularly within therapy
Experience of liaising with other agencies

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.