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Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
About
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 400,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of over 4,500 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC following their latest inspection in February 2017.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a busy and exciting acute Hospital which provides a full range of acute adult services, together with 24 hour accident and emergency care, specialist children’s services and a new state of the art cancer care centre. Uniquely Chesterfield Royal has a primary care division where we provide GP services to more than 30,000 patients in 5 locations across Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
We have a huge variety of patients, with their own unique needs. We are PROUD of the great CARE we give our patients and their families; if you are looking for an NHS Trust that is small enough to CARE and large enough to be exciting Chesterfield Royal Hospital is the place for you.
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
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Physiotherapy Assistant
Accepting applications until: 01-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- Calow,
- Tref
- Chesterfield
- Cod post
- S44 5BL
- Major / Minor Region
- Derbyshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £23,615 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 2)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Physiotherapy Assistant
Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapy Assistant to join our dynamic, friendly inpatient medical and respiratory team. If you have a caring nature and are interested in working with the care of the elderly and in acute rehabilitation then we want to hear from you! We’re a successful Trust with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience. The key to our success
is simple: our people. Their experience, knowledge, passion and ideas are our greatest resource. Your job, alongside your team colleagues, will be to deliver an excellent inpatient medical and respiratory Physiotherapy service. You will be working with our current team and the wider MDT to ensure our patients receive timely assessments and treatments to facilitate safe discharge from hospital. With your energy and commitment to our public service, you’ll be able to make a huge difference.
This is part time position, Monday - Friday 0930am - 1430. There is a commitment to support a 7 day service by working approximately 1 in 4 weekends; days back will be given the following Tuesday & Wednesday.
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As Physiotherapy Assistant, you will be mainly working on the inpatient medical and respiratory wards, supporting the physiotherapy team and working alongside the wider MDT to provide timely assessments and treatments to facilitate patients discharge from hospital. You will also play an important role in helping to prevent deconditioning in our predominantly elderly and frail patients by issuing walking aids, maintaining patients' mobility whilst they are on the ward, as well as providing both chair based and bed exercises. There is also the opportunity to work alongside the wider team by participating in our cardiac rehabilitation classes. This role will also include shared house-keeping duties and stock ordering/management.
Alongside other team members, you’ll embody our proud to CARE values to
contribute to a truly inclusive workplace. We’re not shy about celebrating our people at the Trust and taking them with us on our collaborative, system working journey, with our partners across the local area. So, we want you to contribute to the Physiotherapy Service at our Trust.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We provide a full range of district general services including urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery. We also offer primary care through three GP practices with eight surgeries between them. Our vision is exceptional care provided by exceptional people. Our mission is to bring our people,
communities and partners together- providing patient care we can all be proud of. Your energy and participation will be critical to our success.
We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this by “Leading the Chesterfield Way”, and with our Proud to CARE values. This means leading with care, openness, integrity and embedding an inclusive culture. Your happiness at work is incredibly important to us and we know that people have a life and responsibilities outside of work. We offer flexibility and a whole raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing. The Trust is committed to supporting and developing staff through appraisals and the supervision process. This role is hugely important to us and we look forward to hearing from you.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.
For further information please contact Carolyn Goldson, Lead Senior Physiotherapists in Medicine/Respiratory, Tel: 01246 512185 or email:
[email protected]
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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to GCSE Grades A-C or equivalent
Meini prawf dymunol
- GCSE Maths and English.
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience working in a caring role
- Evidence of working flexibly and undertaking variety of tasks
Meini prawf dymunol
- Periods of stable employment
Skills & Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Good written communication skills
- Demonstrates clear understanding of this post.
- IT Skills
Meini prawf dymunol
- An interest in the care of older people
Personal attributes
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Adaptable to meet the needs of the service
- Demonstrates clear reasoning for applying for this post
Trust Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Proud to CARE- Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
Documents
- Physiotherapy Assistant (PDF, 672.5KB)
- Together as One - Our Strategy (PDF, 737.7KB)
- Together as One - Proud to CARE Values (PDF, 547.6KB)
- Welcome to our Proud to Care Team (PDF, 618.6KB)
- Wellbeing at Chesterfield Royal Hospital (PDF, 656.5KB)
- Applicant Guidance (PDF, 231.5KB)
- 10 Reasons to Choose Us (PDF, 262.4KB)
- Hello my name is....... (PDF, 113.9KB)
- We Work Here (PDF, 178.6KB)
- Our Full People Plan (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Our People Pan - Infographic (PDF, 878.6KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Carolyn Goldson
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Senior Physiotherapist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01243 512173
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