Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Are you interested in working in a team that strives to prevent Hospital Related Deconditioning and reduce length of stay? Do you have sound communication skills and a proactive and problem solving approach? Are you passionate about striving for the best possible experience for your patients?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to work as a Therapy Technician within the Medical Therapy team at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.

We are a large, dynamic and integrated team of qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Therapy Associate Practitioners and Therapy Technicians, led by a Team Lead Physiotherapist alongside a Specialist Occupational Therapist.

We work in a fast paced and varied department across a diverse caseload on Medically optimised and Acute medical wards (Respiratory, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine). In this full-time role you support Registered staff and Therapy Assistant Practitioners to provide early assessment and discharge planning and to implement treatment plans with supervision available from qualified therapists.

Alongside the clinical base we will provide you with opportunities to be involved in service development and participate in the in-service training rota within the service with an aim of delivering the highest quality of therapy service to our patients with a home first approach. You will have a professional but warm approach and we will provide support and training to enable you to carry out:

• Mobility practice and progression
• Be confident with the use of walking aids and equipment
• Implementing exercise programme
• To support qualified staff across the Acute medical and Medically optimised wards ensuring early assessment and discharge planning within scope of Band 3 competence.
• Complete administrative tasks

For more information, please refer to the Job Description.

Essential

• Maths & English GSCEs (grades 9-4 or A*-C) OR Functional skills level 2 in English & Maths 
• Care Certificate  – Or essential to be completed within 3 months of joining the Trust

Desirable

• Level 3 Apprenticeship or equivalent

Experience

Desirable

• Previous healthcare experience, particularly within therapy
• Experience of liaising with other agencies

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to use a computer keyboard.
• Ability to travel between sites and community settings.
• Knowledge of the underpinning philosophy of rehabilitation. 
• An awareness of ones personal and professional limitations. 
• Commitment to personal development.
• Understand the importance of patient confidentiality

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.