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Job summary

Main area
Women & Children Services
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working Monday to Friday between 08:30 -17:00. Exact working pattern can be discussed at interview and determined on successful recruitment to meet the needs of the service.)
Job ref
328-WAC-7135320
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Acklam Centre
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

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Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

Band 4

Job overview

We are currently seeking to recruit a Physiotherapy Support Worker within the Community Paediatric Therapies Service.  This is an integrated therapy service including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, therapy support workers and administrative staff. The Paediatric Physiotherapy service supports babies, children and young people across the South Tees region. The service is based in the community at West Acklam Centre.

We looking for a dynamic person who is interested and motivated to join our established team of Paediatric Physiotherapists and therapy support workers. The post holder will work with babies, children and young people in a variety of settings including home, nursery/school and clinic settings. Previous experience of working with babies and children, young people and/or working within health settings will be helpful, although training will be given.

The Paediatric Physiotherapy Service is a well-established, progressive and dynamic service, which continues to develop within the Trust. The team is friendly and supportive. Mentorship for this role will be available from the clinical staff.

Main duties of the job

  • Perform duties under the professional responsibility of a Physiotherapist in the treatment of children aged 0-19 years using a range of specialist therapeutic treatments.  Organise and deliver highly skilled support work.
  • To work without direct supervision and be responsible for assessing patient progress and ensuring regular communication with the senior physiotherapists regarding treatment and/or progress and discharge of all patients.
  • To undertake Physiotherapy intervention with babies/children/young people and their carers as directed by qualified staff.
  • To run groups independently following advice from qualified Physiotherapist.
  • Working independently with more complex cases or situations requiring non-standard programmes / intervention, to have own caseload.
  • Recognise own limitations and pass onto the Physiotherapist for intervention.
  • To communicate effectively with other agencies and maintain a good working relationship while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Complete basic reports and clinical record keeping in a timely manner as required by the Paediatric Therapies Service and the Trust

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

 

·         Your Leadership Impact

·         Leading Your Team to Success

·         Service Improvement for Beginners

·         Developing your Service Improvement Skills

 

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

 

·         Explore leadership within the NHS

·         Promote Trust values and behaviours

·         Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

·         Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

 After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

 

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates an understanding and knowledge of childhood development.
  • Relevant knowledge gained working with children/young people ideally with long term conditions
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to adapt these to the individual needs of the patient/family.
  • Ability to use own initiative in a constantly changing working environment
  • Ability to work independently but also within a team.
  • IT literacy for electronic patient records.
  • Able to access independent transport for travel to community visits.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge gained working as a therapy support worker.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE/equivalent in Maths and English.
  • Knowledge acquired through in-house training, short course and experience to NVQ 3 level or equivalent, plus knowledge of specific patient conditions, forms of therapy, acquired through training, experience”or NVQ3 in relevant subject.
Desirable criteria
  • Safeguarding training
  • Training in relevant subjects to the post obtained in a different role/setting.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with children/young people (ideally with long term conditions) in a healthcare, education or social care setting.
  • Experience of working in a team.
  • Experience of independent decision making (ideally in complex situations).
  • Experience of using different verbal and non-verbal communication styles with a variety of children/young people.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Nixon
Job title
Service Lead Paediatric Therapies
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 944506
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