Employer: Surrey Downs Health and Care
Employer type: Public (Non NHS)
Site: Leatherhead Hospital
Town: Leatherhead
Salary: £25,883 - £26,958 pro Rata Per Annum inc Fringe HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/04/2025 23:59
Surrey Downs Health and Care
MSK Rehabilitation Assistant - Surrey Downs Health & Care
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care
We are looking for a new team member with excellent communication and motivational skills to join our busy Musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy department. You will work closely with the MSK team taking individual patients through exercise programmes, taking group sessions/classes, and assisting the MSK Team with daily departmental tasks.
Training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients, in both face to face and virtual sessions.
2. To accept patients referred by a physiotherapist and carry own patient caseload.
3. Treat patients according to set treatment protocols, monitoring patient progression, and making minor alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.
4. Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing physiotherapist of any problems, receiving guidance and advice on a daily basis.
5. To supervise exercise classes and facilitate patient participation in virtual classes.
6. Undertake additional duties as required, to support delivery of the MSK physiotherapy service.
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services, and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person-centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To gather information prior to seeing client and provide feedback to the therapist.
2. To contribute to the assessment process and provide feedback to the therapist.
3. To implement therapy programmes/approaches, both on an individual basis and for groups, and provide feedback to therapist.
4. To contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic interventions, including discharge planning.
5. To be able to prioritise workload following set guidelines, and feedback appropriate workload to the qualified therapist.
6. To support clients/carers/other professionals in dealing with and understanding the care aim and the impact on the person’s wellbeing.
7. To provide training for patients and carers, involving 1:1 training and problem-solving discussions.
8. To participate within a multi-disciplinary team alongside the therapist.
9. To participate in writing progress reports.
10. To participate in audit and clinical governance.
11. To be involved in service projects and developments.
12. To maintain up-to-date client records and complete all client documentation to department standards.
13. To organise administrative tasks efficiently.
14. To keep clinical skills updated by attending study days and training.
15. To support the therapy teams with the provision of virtual appointments.
16. To carry out specific tasks allocated to the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE or equivalent English and Maths (or equivalent)
* Proven broad-based educational achievement
Skills and Abilities
* Able to communicate effectively with colleagues, clinical staff, managers, and patients and carers of all ages and social backgrounds
* Ability to motivate patients and self
* Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
* Flexible approach to work
* Proactive and interactive
* Good written and spoken English skills
* Able to meet the physical demands of the role
* Punctual in a work environment
* Able to provide exercise programmes and progress or regress appropriately
Experience
* Experience of working in a team
* Previous experience of physiotherapy assistant or care assistant role
* Experience of working in NHS
* Awareness of the importance of confidentiality
* Awareness of risk assessments and health and safety
* Understand the needs of the patients versus the resource restraints of the NHS
* Understanding of medical and physiotherapy terminology
* Understand the role of the Rehabilitation Assistant in supporting the department
* Safeguarding awareness appropriate for role
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: James Bowbrick
Job title: MSK Operational manager
Email address: james.bowbrick@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07920703933
Alternative contact: Silvia Furlanetto (Silvia.furlanetto@nhs.net)
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