Physiotherapy Technical Instructor

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Inpatient Therapy Team as a Physiotherapy Technical Instructor (band 4). We currently have a vacancy in our Acute Medical Team which will involve working on a wide variety of Care of the Elderly wards and General Medical wards.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and person-centered, with experience of working as a Physiotherapy assistant within a multidisciplinary team. They must be able to demonstrate good communication skills and a basic knowledge of rehabilitation. They will also have good communication skills, be a team player and be able to work flexibly for the needs of the service.
The main duties of this post include assisting Physiotherapists to treat patients, work unsupervised to assess and plan discharges and carry out Therapy programmes for your own patient caseload. You will also work alongside other Therapy Assistants to undertake day to day responsibilities within the Therapy department.
The Therapy service in this area operates across five days (Monday-Friday), but this could be extended to a 7 days to meet service demands.

The Therapy department at East Surrey Hospital can offer you:

• Opportunity to develop your clinical skills
• In house training programme
• Clinical and Professional supervision
• Completion of Physiotherapy competencies
• Supportive and friendly working environment

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.