Physiotherapist Assistant

Location: All Hallows, SuffolkPermanent| Full time | 37.5 hours per weekRate: £13.33 per hour

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‘Extraordinary Days, Every Day’

At CareTech, we are committed to delivering Extraordinary Days, Every Day through high-quality, person-centred care. Our focus is on empowering independence, building confidence and life skills, and supporting people to live fulfilling lives in environments that best suit their needs.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Physiotherapist Assistant to join our multi-Disciplinary team to deliver a person-centered therapy service to adults with physical deficits following an acquired brain injury or from a cerebrovascular accident. We are seeking a dynamic Physiotherapy Assistant to join our team of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Psychology and Nurses at All Hallows, Suffolk.

About the Service - All Hallows

All Hallows Specialist Neurological Rehabilitation Centre supports men and women with complex healthcare needs having experienced a brain injury, stroke or other neurological event. The services provided at All Hallows comprise: Active / Complex Rehabilitation, High Dependency & Specialist Nursing Care and Progressive Neurological Conditions.

Requirements:

• Experience working within a care setting.
• Ideally, you will have a background or experience of delivering or supporting exercises and physical activities.
• Possess ability to engage, teach, and instruct service users in an agreed specialist area.
• Understand the benefits of engaging patients in meaningful activities, and be able to articulate this to patients.
• Ability to work as part of a team and good interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate with good written and oral communication skills.

Desirable experience:

• Previous experience of specific brain injury rehabilitation.
• Previous experience working as a physiotherapy assistant.

The Role:

• Planning, carrying out and evaluation of therapy programmes, running sessions independently and good timekeeping to ensure the successful implementation of physiotherapy sessions.
• Delivering group sessions, so applicants must possess the confidence and organisational skills to manage and carry these out successfully.
• Liaise with nursing staff/unit management to highlight any possible safety issues and therapy needs and ensure this information is relayed to the unit therapy team and the unit Manager.
• The working environment is a residential rehabilitation unit for adults with an acquired brain injury.  This environment involves frequent exposure to emotionally demanding situations.  There is also possible exposure to aggression and disinhibited behaviour.  Working in this environment requires intense concentration and good interpersonal skills.
• To maintain appropriate records of work undertaken, and any other information requirements.
• To be able to complete simple outcome measures as directed by the Physiotherapist.
• To undertake specific administrative duties as directed by the Physiotherapist.
• To support with the cleaning and maintenance of the therapy gym and to assist with audits as directed by the Physiotherapist.
• To engage with teaching and practical sessions with Physiotherapists to aid in completing Physiotherapy Assistant competencies.

What We Offer:

• Recommend A Friend Bonus
• Up to 28 Days Holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Free DBS Check
• Blue Light Card
• Stakeholder Pension
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Employee Awards Evening
• Employee Recognition Schemes
• Ongoing training with clear career progression opportunities, including access to qualifications up to degree level
• CareTech Foundation - Opportunity to apply for family and friend’s grant

Our Values

• Friendly
• Positive
• Innovative
• Empowering
• Person-Centred

Apply today to join a friendly, empowering organisation committed to person-centred support and creating Extraordinary Days, Every Day.

About CareTech

CareTech Community Services Ltd, established in 1994, is one of the largest providers of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for vulnerable people to live in community settings. We support people to take control of their lives – this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence.CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 7–10 days.

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