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Physiotherapy Assistant
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekend shifts)
Job ref
292-7362973-CSS
Employer
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Town
Harlow
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum, plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/08/2025 23:59

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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust logo

Band 3 Rotational Physiotherapy Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts. 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.


 

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated team player to join our inpatient physiotherapy team as a band 3 assistant.

You will rotate six monthly across orthopaedics, ED & frailty and acute medicine.

Your role will be supporting the physiotherapists in the delivery of care by providing routine clinical treatments, as well as carrying out non clinical tasks including equipment management and ensuring communication between the acute and community trusts.

Main duties of the job

To support the Physiotherapy team in delivering treatment and rehabilitation by practicing exercise, transfer and mobility. To use a wide variety of manual handling equipment to support treatments such as hoist, sliding sheets, rota stand, sliding board, walking frames, crutches and sticks. To be able to work with direct or indirect supervision dependant on complexity of patient/task and recognise limitations of 
practice, and appropriately feedback to qualified Physiotherapists. To attend all relevant training, and ensure ongoing CPD towards achieving all band 3 Physiotherapy Assistant competencies

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

 

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

 

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

 

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

 

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Maths and English Level 2
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 3

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital
  • Previous rehabilitation experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience as a physio assistant

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Simple problem solving skills
  • Able to follow instructions
  • Willingness to adapt
  • Well motivated
  • IT competent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helly Suthar
Job title
Team Lead Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01279 827199
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