Band 3 Physiotherapy Technician

Band 3 Physiotherapy Technician

Job Overview

We are very excited to be able to offer a new Band 3 Physio Technician role to work in the new M-block at Frimley Park as part of the medical respiratory team. You will be working alongside respiratory specialist physios to deliver rehabilitation , routine assessments following proformas and non clinical tasks.

Do you have great communication, organisational skills and team working alongside experience of working in the NHS? Then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

- To work under the indirect supervision of Physiotherapists in providing a high standard physiotherapy service on the General medical wards.
- After a period of training, to work with a specified caseload,





with no direct supervision of a Physiotherapist.
- To participate in continued personal development and other departmental activities.
- After a period of time in the post, to deliver specific training to Physiotherapy Assistants and new Technicians and assist the Physiotherapist in training other non-qualified Health Care staff on the General Medical unit.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis,





recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For full job description details, please see the attached Job Description. Some of the key responsibilities are listed below:

- After a period of training, to be responsible unsupervised for implementing the standards and policies relevant to the speciality - working within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
- Within specific guidelines, and following training, to be solely responsible and accountable for a clinical case load working within codes of practice and professional guidelines.





This includes patient documentation in both professional and medical notes and recording contacts on EPIC.
- After receiving instruction from the Physiotherapist, to teach and supervise exercises and mobility on those patients who required initial assessment by the qualified Physiotherapist.
- After a period of time in post to be given a list of patients to treat on a daily basis. This may include responding to urgent referrals and occasionally unpredictable work patterns, liaising with the Senior Physiotherapists.
- After a period of training in post and with some assistance from Senior Physiotherapists, to be able to prioritize clinical work and balance other patient related and professional activities in accordance with the department’s requirements. This will require occasional concentration in an unpredictable environment.






- With some assistance to be able to manage potentially upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner including but not limited to elderly and confused patients, neurological events.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

- GCSE or Equivalent in English and Maths
- Understands confidentiality

Desirable criteria

- Associate CSP member

Experience

Essential criteria

- NHS experience as an assistant
- Team Working

Skills

Essential criteria

- Organisational skills
- Communication skills

Desirable criteria

- Presentation/teaching skills

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust,





we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.







We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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▶️ Band 3 Physiotherapy Technician
🖊️ Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Frimley