Therapy Practitioner

Job summary

We are excited to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester, scheduled for July 2025. This new facility is a testament to our Trust's ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities.

What We Offer:

Opportunities for professional development and training

A supportive and dynamic team environment in a state-of-the-art orthopaedic setting

The chance to be part of an innovative pre-operative assessment service improving patient outcomes and discharge efficiency.

If this is something that excites and drives you, then come and be part of the therapy team.

We are looking for somebody who will be able to fulfil the following:

• Able to participate in a seven day working pattern
• Team player
• To build rapport with patients, relatives and staff members
• To be a dynamic member of the team
• Keen to develop self and others within the department

Main duties of the job

Support the pre-operative assessment process, working closely with the wider therapy team to gather information on patients' home environment, functional abilities and support needs

Liaise with patients, carers and external teams, including pre-assessment from other trusts (e.g. Southampton) to ensure all necessary adjustments and equipment are in place before surgery.

Assist in delivering therapy interventions for patients pre and post-operatively, focusing on functional independence, mobility and discharge planning

Carry out basic assessments such as exercise provision and mobility progression under the supervision of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists and provide feedback to the wider team.

Support patients with equipment provision and home adaptations

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, including physiotherapists, nursing staff and consultants to ensure seamless patient care.

Contribute towards patient education, reinforcing key information about recovery, rehabilitation and safe discharge.

Maintain accurate documentation

Participate in supervision, training and service development, helping to improve and refine the elective orthopaedic pathway.

To participate in a 7 day working pattern including extended hours.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.