Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy Support Worker
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (Working days are open for discussion)
- Job ref
- 201-25-626
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Austell Community Hospital
- Town
- St Austell
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Physiotherapy Support Worker
Band 4
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
An opportunity has arisen for a part time Band 4 Physiotherapy assistant to support the community therapy team currently based at St Austell community hospital.
We are looking for someone who has current experience already working as a band 4 physiotherapy support worker, ideally in the community with adults with physical disability/illness or a band 3 support worker looking to develop their skills.
The post is community based working predominantly in patients own homes along with appointments in care homes and hospital gym facilities
The post holder will work closely with Occupational therapy colleagues and be part of the transformation towards neighbourhood working .
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Main duties of the job
to post holder will be expected to hold a clinical caseload and be confident loan working in the community
The post holder will need to be able to access appointments in patients homes many of which are in rural locations
The post holder will need to be confident to both assess and provide waling aids to and to plan and carry out exercise programmes
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working as a Therapy Support Worker, working in health or similar post
- Experience of managing the risks associated with managing patients unsupervised and in a lone working environment
- Experience of managing own caseload in a variety of settings
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Theoretical and practical training to NVQ 3 level in relevant area or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent study eg Anatomy and Physiology, Access to Physiotherapy course etc
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- jenny bray
- Job title
- rehab therapy team lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01726 873063
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
Please note: If you need sponsorship, please check the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) on the gov.uk website to see if you're eligible before applying.
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