Physiotherapy Assistant
Cambridge Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent Contract | Part Time |
£24,531 per annum pro rata
20 hours per week
Monday to Friday, 4 hours per day preferred
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Within our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care.
Nuffield Health Cambridge is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapy Assistant to join the Physiotherapy team at our Cambridge Hospital.
The successful candidate will be fundamental to meeting our visions by bringing the very best standards of Physiotherapy care and services to our patients. The role holder will develop effective relationships with other clinicians and colleagues within the hospital and be integral in supporting the administrative responsibilities within the department.
The role holder will be required to support our inpatient physiotherapy team, in conjunction with other team members to deliver high quality care to our patients within the ward setting and actively promote the principles of health and wellbeing.
The Main Duties and Responsibilities are to:
Support the delivery of services in the inpatient department both in a clinical and non-clinical capacity.
Ensure that all clinical records are accurately maintained and conform to all legal requirements.
Complete various administrative duties to ensure the department runs efficiently and effectively. This includes both in the pre-operative assessment of patients, and during their stay in Hospital.
Deliver high quality, effective clinical care under the support of the Physiotherapy Lead and the team of Senior Physiotherapists. This will include performing exercises with patients, mobility practice, stairs assessments, rehabilitation advice and guidance and safe discharge planning.
Assisting with the delivery of our virtual patient education seminars that we run weekly via Teams.
Work flexibly to support our team.
We are looking for a committed person with excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage your own workload and work autonomously when required.
You will need to have:
An NVQ 2 in Health and Social care, and relevant experience working in Healthcare.
Excellent IT and administrative skills, with experience of using electronic patient record systems.
The ability to manage your own workload and be a self-motivated, dynamic team player.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital
Our state-of-the-art hospital, is central Cambridge’s premium private hospital, boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offer a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery, Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery), Neurosurgery, Cardiology as well as specialist Paediatric services.
Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning, we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state of the art digital theatres, 32 beds, Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite, Surgical Day PODs, private consultation rooms, close monitoring units, Chemotherapy suite, on-site registered pharmacy, Diagnostic scanning unit and a Pathology laboratory.
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It starts with you.
Welcome to Nuffield Health, the UK’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organisation*.
As a not-for-profit with no shareholders, we invest all our income back into our family of award-winning 37 hospitals, 114 fitness and wellbeing clubs, healthcare clinics, over 200 workplace wellbeing services, as well as developing flagship collaborations supporting our communities – all to realise our vision to build a healthier nation.
What makes us unique is our unrivalled award winning and industry leading network of health and wellbeing services. Only Nuffield Health has the wide-ranging expertise to provide connected care. We attract some of the best people in their specialist fields, who take a personalised approach so we can provide the best possible care and support now and in the future – wherever they are on their journey. All for the public benefit. So, it’s no surprise that we’re trusted by the NHS, Private Medical Insurers, employers and the general public to provide exceptional health and wellbeing services to the nation.
We’re committed to our vision of building a healthier nation.
Welcome to Nuffield Health. Specialists in you.
* Nuffield Health is a Registered Charity. Our objective is to advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of any kind, all for the public benefit. Registered Charity Numbers 205533 (England and Wales) and SC041793 (Scotland).
