Job overview

To undertake care and management of patients within St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, under the guidance of qualified physiotherapists and to carry out duties supporting the smooth functioning of the service. These include but are not limited to:

• Assisting the therapists and supporting the therapy service by carrying out delegated duties.
• Treating own designated workload of patients and maintaining associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through experience and/ or relevant qualifications.
• Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff to carry out physical activity.
• Assisting in maintaining services and contributing to the development of services.

Main duties of the job

The rotational post which sits within a team of physiotherapy techs providing therapy to patients across Surgical, Medical, Cardiothoracics, Renal and HaemOncology wards. The post supports timely discharge and patient flow and is integral to the provision of 7 day inpatient rehabilitation services

Working for our organisation

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow. 

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St George's Hospital is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department was a longstanding feature of Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.