• Job Description

  Req#: C9388-25-0936?language=en&page=521&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This is an exciting opportunity to join the Community Physiotherapy Team in Torquay. You will be working within a team helping with rehabilitation. This work is fast paced, variable and extremely rewarding.

  This is a fantastic opportunity for an established support worker to commence in a developmental role and be supported in completing the foundation degree to become a qualified Assistant Practitioner.

  Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties.

  Main duties of the job

  You will be joining a team which aims to rehabilitate and support patients in their own homes and care home settings. Our Health and Social care team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Urgent Care Response, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and Paramedics. We also link closely with other teams such as the Frailty Virtual ward. The team are proactive and have a forward-thinking core that promote a positive and a 'can do' attitude. The successful candidate will be dynamic and key in managing patients to remain in their own home.

  The Community Physiotherapy team are based at Union House in Torquay. This role will be predominantly based in Torquay but may require the postholder to support the wider Team both in the TQY locality and at our Intermediate Care rehab Unit, Jack Sears in Paignton. The community team have a hard-working, flexible and patient centred approach. The team are a supportive and friendly, adapting to the ever-changing demands on the service.

  The working hours cover a 9-5pm service. However, cover at the weekends may at times be required.

  About us

  Why work with us

  We passionately believe that the best way to care for people is by focusing on what matters to them, putting them at the centre of everything we do and integrating services around them. Please see link above for more information.

  Details

  Date posted

  23 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  Depending on experience Start at band 3 - uplift to band 4 upon training completion .

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  388-7285341-FC&I-A

  Job locations

  Union House

  89 Union Street, 3rd floor

  Torquay

  TQ1 3YA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • You will work as part of a team on a daily basis, ensuring excellent patient care.
  • To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.
  • To record activity on a clinical data base(s) as required
  • You will take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients, escalating any concerns about patients to an appropriate professional.
  • To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc.
  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • You will plan your day autonomously, taking into account the priority needs of the patients under your care.
  • You will organise your day to provide maximum productivity, planning tasks and travel routes etc to maximise time spent face to face delivering patient care
  • To adhere to local and national policies as well as statutory and legislative frameworks.
  • To carry out lone working in accordance with the local policy and procedures.
  • To ensure that the health and social care setting is responsive to the individual needs of patients.
  • To contribute to the improvement of services.
  • To make constructive changes to their own work within agreed timescales, seeking support as and when necessary.
  • Participate in service developments to enhance the range and scope of services provided to patients and their career

  • Equipment provider, therefore you will take responsibility for appropriate use of this resource and that eligibility criteria is met.

    You will maintain any equipment loaned to you to perform your role in good condition and report any defects or concerns as soon as possible.

  • You may assist with induction of new team members, demonstrating working practices and procedures.

  • Be competent in the use of IT for data capture, client records and activity recording

    Knowledge of data protection legislation and implications of consent and data sharing

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • You will work as part of a team on a daily basis, ensuring excellent patient care.
  • To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.
  • To record activity on a clinical data base(s) as required
  • You will take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients, escalating any concerns about patients to an appropriate professional.
  • To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc.
  • To work independently and autonomously, providing assessment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role
  • You will plan your day autonomously, taking into account the priority needs of the patients under your care.
  • You will organise your day to provide maximum productivity, planning tasks and travel routes etc to maximise time spent face to face delivering patient care
  • To adhere to local and national policies as well as statutory and legislative frameworks.
  • To carry out lone working in accordance with the local policy and procedures.
  • To ensure that the health and social care setting is responsive to the individual needs of patients.
  • To contribute to the improvement of services.
  • To make constructive changes to their own work within agreed timescales, seeking support as and when necessary.
  • Participate in service developments to enhance the range and scope of services provided to patients and their career

  • Equipment provider, therefore you will take responsibility for appropriate use of this resource and that eligibility criteria is met.

    You will maintain any equipment loaned to you to perform your role in good condition and report any defects or concerns as soon as possible.

  • You may assist with induction of new team members, demonstrating working practices and procedures.

  • Be competent in the use of IT for data capture, client records and activity recording

    Knowledge of data protection legislation and implications of consent and data sharing

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Must hold or be willing to undertake Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Health & Social Care Practice (this is a two year course).
  • To be eligible to enrol on the course you will require 48-60 UCAS points, from at least one of the following: A Levels, BTEC Nationals, Access to Higher Education Diploma, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualifications. Level 2 English and Maths are also essential.
  • Previous experience of working within a healthcare/caring environment

  Desirable

  • Experience within designated clinical area

  Knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Ability to undertake and interpret a range of patient observations as required in clinical area
  • Ability to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient care
  • Ability to undertake a range of procedures relevant to area of works
  • Detailed knowledge and experience of professional roles within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of working in a care setting
  • Experience of supporting other workers
  • Delivering patient focused care

  Desirable

  • Experience of community working, preferably within Health and Social Care
  • Experience of working under distanced supervision

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Must hold or be willing to undertake Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Health & Social Care Practice (this is a two year course).
  • To be eligible to enrol on the course you will require 48-60 UCAS points, from at least one of the following: A Levels, BTEC Nationals, Access to Higher Education Diploma, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualifications. Level 2 English and Maths are also essential.
  • Previous experience of working within a healthcare/caring environment

  Desirable

  • Experience within designated clinical area

  Knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Ability to undertake and interpret a range of patient observations as required in clinical area
  • Ability to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient care
  • Ability to undertake a range of procedures relevant to area of works
  • Detailed knowledge and experience of professional roles within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of working in a care setting
  • Experience of supporting other workers
  • Delivering patient focused care

  Desirable

  • Experience of community working, preferably within Health and Social Care
  • Experience of working under distanced supervision

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Union House

  89 Union Street, 3rd floor

  Torquay

  TQ1 3YA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Union House

  89 Union Street, 3rd floor

  Torquay

  TQ1 3YA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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