Physio Assistant
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Closing date
4 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,496.00 - £26,845.00 Annually (FTE)
Physio Assistant job summary
Therapy related duties include:
Implement treatment programmes with appropriate patients
Liaise and order equipment from Community Equipment Service under guidance from a physiotherapist.
Be well presented, polite and courteous at all times.
Key result areas
To carry out treatments of appropriate patients as directed by the physiotherapist.
To support the smooth running of the therapy input to Redway School.
To maintain up to date data entry and documentation.
To achieve and maintain therapy competencies for the role.
Main duties and responsibilities
As part of a patient’s therapeutic care plan and under the supervision of a qualified therapist provide support with treatment programmes and support qualified therapists with home visits when necessary. | |
To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all appropriate equipment, checking equipment is safe for patient use and teaching staff, parents and carers to assemble & dismantle equipment efficiently. | |
To be professional and be accountable for all aspects of your own work, implementing therapy treatment plans as prescribed by the Therapists and to report treatment results | |
To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment. | |
To order, pick up and deliver equipment to patient’s homes as required. | |
Be able to motivate patients to comply with treatment where there are significant barriers to understanding,such as hearing / sight loss, cognitive impairment. |
Commitment to safeguarding
The Redway School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
An enhanced DBS check along with further vetting checks including references will be taken. The school may also carry out an online search including social media.
About The Redway School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 179 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Redway School website (opens in new tab)
Redway is an extra special school within Milton Keynes
The Redway School is maintained by Milton Keynes LA (Local Authority) catering for children between the ages of 2 – 19 with a wide range of learning difficulties, including complex medical conditions, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and those with an autistic spectrum condition.
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