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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent: Weekend working commitment one Sat / Sun every 4 weeks
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
151-NM106
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham Park Hospital
Town
Slough
Salary
£27,857 - £30,570 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/07/2025 23:59

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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker

Band 4

Job overview

This exciting band 4 MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker role is based at Wexham Park Hospital.

As well as working as part of the Outpatient Physiotherapy team Monday to Friday you will also work on the Orthopaedic Ward Weekend Rota, working 1 Saturday or Sunday every 4 weeks.

You will be responsible for delivering group exercise classes for specific patient groups, such as Total Knee Replacements.

You will hold a 1:1 patient caseload which will be a combination of delegated patients from Musculoskeletal and Neuro Physiotherapists, walking aid provisions, and new patient assessments for patients such as Total Knee Replacements and Total Hip Replacements.

Main duties of the job

  •  Assist in the provision of care to patients, supported and indirectly supervised by qualified physiotherapists.
  • Carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction/supervision and prescription of exercise programmes), delegated by qualified staff requiring a wide range of technical ability as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
  • Provide one to one treatment sessions with patients in the Outpatient setting, progress exercises in a timely manner and apply clinical reasoning skills in exercise prescription.
  • To manage a small patient caseload of basic protocol based patients, to include initial assessment (measuring range of movement, risk assessments)

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

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification attached for this role for further more detailed information. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
  • Exercise qualification such as certificate in personal training, listed on REPS register or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of anatomy and physiology

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of delivering group sessions
  • Experience as a B3 Physiotherapy assistant or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within a team
  • Interpersonal skills to include effective communication
  • Organisational skills
  • IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

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

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cara Cripps
Job title
Principal Outpatient Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03006140540
Additional information

Email contact is preferred due to cross site working 

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