Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Inpatient Physiotherapy team at East Surrey Hospital as a Physiotherapy Assistant.
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and reliable individual to work in this full time role within our inpatient Physiotherapy teams on our inpatient wards.
Good written and verbal communication skills are essential, along with the ability to work efficiently and responsibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
This post involves clinical work, assisting Physiotherapists on the wards in the rehabilitation and management of patients along with issuing walking aids, non-clinical housekeeping duties and stock management. Our Physiotherapy Assistants rotate every six months between the different ward areas:
1. Care of the Elderly
2. Acute medicine
3. Orthopaedics
4. Neurology
East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward-thinking and innovative department with a well-established in-service training programme and a focus on developing staff; by providing clinical support from experienced staff, support to continue professional and personal development.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
5. Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
6. National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
7. We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
8. Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
9. Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
criteria
Essential
10. oEvidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
11. oA complete and accurate application
12. oSuitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
13. oEvidence of essential experience for role
14. oMeet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
15. oHold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
16. oEvidence of the Trust values and behaviours
17. oEvidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification