Job summary
- Main area
- MSK Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 846-8309737-TS
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West View Integrated Care Centre
- Town
- Tenterden
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/11/2026
Employer heading
MSK Physiotherapy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.
Are you passionate about helping people regain independence and improve their quality of life? We are looking for enthusiastic and compassionate Band 3 Physiotherapy Assistant to join our friendly Community Team.
In this rewarding role, you will work alongside physiotherapists and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver high-quality care to patients in community settings. You'll support people, their families, carers and friends throughout their rehabilitation journey, ensuring every individual feels respected, empowered and involved in their care.
You will contribute to delegated rehabilitation programmes, deliver clinical interventions following competency assessment, support both individual and group therapy sessions, and monitor patient progress, reporting outcomes to registered therapists. Using strong communication skills, sound clinical judgement and effective risk assessment, you'll help ensure safe, effective and person-centred care.
Main duties of the job
• To provide skilled and specific physiotherapy support to treat and promote the independence of patients with a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions.
• To carry out a programme of treatment prescribed by the Physiotherapists. This can include the supervision of patients individually, in the gymnasium or other group settings.
• To be responsible for housekeeping tasks including monitoring, maintaining and cleaning physiotherapy equipment and general tidiness of the department.
• Responsible for own documentation using Trust software and administration tasks as required
• Ability to travel across the Trust in a timely manner if required
• This job is based at West View Integrated Care Centre. You will also be required to work across additional sites dependent on service need; the Churchill Centre, Aylesford, Sheppey Community Hospital and Medway and Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Herne Bay. Therefore, driving is essential to the role.
Working for our organisation
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths) (5)
Desirable criteria
- Relevant level 3 qualification (NVQ / QCF Diploma or certificate of care / Advanced apprenticeship) or equivalent (5)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within a MSK Physiotherapy team
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of up to date clinical practice
- Understands the role and remit of unregistered worker
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of developments in the NHS
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) and the ability to travel independently are essential for this role. Should you require workplace adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to supporting you to meet the mobility requirements of the role wherever possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Frewin-Clarke
- Job title
- Band 7 Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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