Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Orthopaedic in-patient team at band 4 level at Wansbeck General Hospital. The post will include working with elective orthopaedic in-patients, supporting our day case pathway for joint replacement. The role will also include supporting with the delivery of the joint replacement education sessions pre-operatively.



The successful candidate will be able to assess, treat and discharge patients independently as well as provide advice and support to patients and their family members. The post will include shift and weekend working.



Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.



Assess, treat and discharge an independent caseload of non-complex elective orthopaedic in-patients.



To assist Physiotherapists in the treatment of patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.



Assess, issue and order necessary walking aids for patients on the elective orthopaedic wards.



To facilitate arrangement of ongoing physiotherapy appointments as part of the discharge process.



Work under the supervision of registered Physiotherapists.



Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high standard of care for patients and promote the day case pathway.



To be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the Physiotherapy equipment.



To support with the education and development of the therapy assistants in the service.



Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust manages three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.



To work under the supervision of a qualified Physiotherapist to implement treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients.



To assist Physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.



To carry own clinical caseload of non complex conditions.



Demonstrate and apply the underpinning knowledge to modify and progress patient treatment programmes without direct supervision.



To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.