Job overview

Physiotherapy practitioner Band 4

Physiotherapy Department – Frimley Park Hospital

27.5 hours- weekday and weekend rostered working

Surgery and Vascular wards and outpatient amputees

Responsible to: Physiotherapy team lead

Please be aware this post may close early if maximum applicant capacity is reached.

We are excited to announce a vacancy of a practitioner role on the busy surgical and vascular wards. You will be working with a team of experienced and dynamic physiotherapists, assessing and treating vascular, amputee and surgical patients. You will be integral to the outpatient amputee service, assisting the physiotherapist with patients waiting for their prosthetics.

Frimley Health is a forward thinking, proactive trust that is pushing forward with major investment in our people and facilities. As part of this, the Surgical physiotherapy team are committed to providing first rate patient care with a proactive MDT.

Main duties of the job

• Are a physiotherapy technician ( band 3 or band 4) with acute hospital inpatient experience
• Wish to work as part of the physiotherapy Surgical team
• Are interested in the assessment, rehabilitation and onward signposting and referral of patients following admission to the vascular wards and outpatients.
• Are excited to manage your own caseload, treating non-complex patients independently.
• Keen to help develop and supervise a member of staff in the team at band 3 level

We can offer:

• A friendly and professional department
• An in –house training programme
• Involvement in the staff appraisal scheme, audit and quality assurance programme.

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship:
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

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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