Band 3 Children's Therapy Assistant

Job summary

To assist the children's physiotherapy team to provide a high standard of care to children, young people and their families.

To deliver physiotherapy to children and young people referred by qualified physiotherapists in individual, group and hydrotherapy treatment sessions.

To undertake routine administrative and departmental tasks to support the physiotherapy team and the therapy secretary.

Main duties of the job

Working in our Children's Out-patients department and on Sarum Ward the post holder will:

Provide, or assist qualified therapists to deliver, therapy to patients. This includes tasks such as enabling children to mobilise, re-education of gait (walking), transfers including wheelchair transfers, hoisting, stairs, active exercises and passive movements, using transfer aids, developmental play, exercise sessions and hydrotherapy.

To encourage and motivate children to participate in physical activity whilst managing their pain, fatigue or medical conditions

To teach patients safe use of aids and equipment, under the guidance of the therapist

To support children and young people to access exercise equipment safely, this includes use of a treadmill and exercise bike.

To order provisions, consumables, materials and equipment needed in the daily running of the therapy team, as appropriate. To keep accurate stock controls.

To ensure the safe and effective use of resources and facilities. To ensure that the clinical area is kept clean and tidy with safe use, maintenance and storage of equipment and materials.

Undertake routine administrative tasks to facilitate the smooth running of the therapy team.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk