Physiotherapy Assistant

Updated: June 01, 2024 07:07 AM GMT

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to work as a band 3 physiotherapy assistant within the neuro-elderly service with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful applicant will predominately work alongside the inpatient team that covers the care of the elderly wards at Berwick Hospital.

Main duties of the job
• To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.
• To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients.
• Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patient's quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence.
• To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of... More Detail