Community Physiotherapy Support Worker - Bodmin

Job summary

We are North Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Team, covering a large rural area and providing physical rehabilitation to adults over 18 in their home environment.

The aim of the service to help people to optimise and maintain their quality of life and independence. The service seeks to maximise each individual's potential by providing timely and goal orientated rehabilitation that is tailored to their needs.

The team comprises of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Support Workers.

The successful candidate will be working as part of the team providing primarily physiotherapy assessments and interventions, but will have scope for more generic working as appropriate and with the necessary training.

This is a part time post working 18.75 hours over 3 days with the exact working pattern to be discussed in interview.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the post is:

o To undertake specific skilled physiotherapy support work (e.g. carrying out assessments using various treatment skills) to aid the rehabilitation of patients. To plan and implement interventions, using various treatment skills and to monitor progress and evaluate the outcome.

o To encourage patients and carers in an active approach to regaining and maintaining personal independence.

Key Dimensions of the post are:

o To practise autonomously, with the support of a qualified therapist and informing therapist of any problems

o To hold own caseload of patients delegated by the qualified members of the team.

o To practise as a lone worker.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.