Specialist Therapy Technician

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London seeks a Specialist Therapy Technician to assist in patient care and support physiotherapists across multiple wards. The role involves managing a patient workload, ensuring a safe therapeutic environment, and contributing to the development of services within the healthcare team. Ideal candidates will possess an NVQ 2 qualification and have experience in a healthcare setting, demonstrating strong teamwork and communication skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive health services

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Literate and numerate.
• Understanding of Physiotherapy roles and environments.
• ECDL and First Aid certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assisting therapists with patient care and maintaining records.
• Supporting a team providing therapy services across various medical wards.
• Ensuring safety and therapeutic environments for patients.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Teamwork

Education

NVQ 2

Recognised qualification in area related to post

Job description

Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Supports 7 day working and on call rota) Job ref CW-7171124-KL-PT

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £30,039 - £31,088 pa pro rata Incl HCAS (20%) Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/2025 23:59

Specialist Therapy Technician

Band 3

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****

This post may close before the closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Literate
• Numeracy
• Knowledge of the role of Physiotherapy
• NVQ 2
• Recognised qualification in an area related to post or equivalent life skill.
• ECDL
• First Aid

Experience

• Experience of working with the public
• Previous experience of caring for people in or outside of work
• Experience of working in a team
• Previous experience as a therapy assistant
• Previous experience working with people with a disability
• Previous experience of working in health or social care setting

Skills

• Effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Good personal organisation skills/ time management
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Demonstrates the ability to manage own time and work flexibly
• Ability to follow instructions and problem solve
• Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day
• Good observation skills
• Ability to recognise and address own limitations
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working and therapeutic relationships
• Ability to reflect and appraise own performance

Knowledge

• Basic awareness of disability/social issues and impact on functional ability
• Awareness of confidentiality
• Demonstrates a knowledge of health care delivery
• Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the role of the Multidisciplinary Team

Other

• Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours, unsociable hours and weekend working.
• Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
• CRB clearance
• Driving License holder

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.