MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in England is seeking an MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker to join their team at Wexham Park Hospital. The role involves assisting in patient care, delivering group exercise sessions, and managing individual patient caseloads. Candidates should have GCSEs in Maths and English and relevant exercise qualifications. This role offers a salary between £28,860 and £31,671 annually. Flexible working patterns are encouraged to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering group sessions.
• Experience as a B3 Physiotherapy assistant or equivalent.
• Evidence of exercise assessment and prescription.
• Experience of working within a team.
• Experience of evaluating outcomes of exercise.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the provision of care to patients under physiotherapists.
• Carry out clinical tasks like exercise programme prescriptions.
• Provide one to one treatment sessions with patients.
• Manage a small patient caseload, including initial assessments.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Logical problem-solving

Negotiation skills

Education

GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Exercise qualification, e.g., personal training certificate

Knowledge of anatomy and physiology

Job description

MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker

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).

About us

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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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

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

Experience

• Experience of delivering group sessions
• Experience as a B3 Physiotherapy assistant or equivalent
• Evidence of exercise assessment and prescription.
• Experience of working within a team.
• Experience of undertaking exercise prescription for people with long term conditions.
• Experience of evaluating outcomes of exercise.

Skills & Knowledge

• Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication.
• Organisational skills
• Logical, ability to problem solve.
• Negotiation skills, able to overcome barriers to exercise
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• Basic knowledge of some elective orthopaedic procedures and neurological conditions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£28,860 to £31,671 a yearper annum incl HCAS