Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant based predominantly in Musculoskeletal Outpatients, to join our friendly and dynamic physiotherapy team. As part of your role you will also have opportunity to work with the acute inpatient therapy teams on the wards including some weekend working.
Working closely with the senior rehab assistant and qualified physiotherapists your duties will include assisting with exercise classes and Hydrotherapy Pool sessions, carrying out independent exercise programs under the supervision of a qualified physiotherapist, preparing and cleaning equipment, maintaining walking aid stock levels in A&E, ordering and managing deliveries for the department, assisting with mobility assessments in fracture clinic with a qualified physiotherapist.
As a well as being a great team player, you will need excellent communication skills alongside a friendly and caring manner and be able to demonstrate the ability to motivate patients to maximise their rehabilitation potential.
Previous experience of working within a hospital environment, along with skills in moving and handling patients would be advantageous. Candidates should have a willingness to learn and develop new skills.
Main duties of the job
Assisting the Qualified Physiotherapists in the delivery of high quality rehabilitation care and to help facilitate safe discharges from hospital.
Working directly with patients to carryout treatment programs as directed by the physiotherapists and reporting back. Assisting the physiotherapists with the more complex patients. Good moving and handling skills with patients.
Working with the wider multidisciplinary team, attending handovers and feeding information into and back from to the therapy team.
Demonstrate excellent communication skills with patients, their families and the multidisciplinary team.
Be able to motivate and encourage patients with their therapy, and also have an empathetic nature.
Administrative tasks and equipment management. Including note writing, data collection for audit purposes, good general IT skills are required.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education
- Evidence of personal development
- Literacy and good written skills
Desirable
- IT skills
- Evidence of health and social care related course
Experience
Essential
- Previous work in Hospital setting or similar
- Previous experience of working in a therapy department
- Experience of working independently with minimal support
- Administrative skills and knowledge
- Recent working within a MDT
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a therapy assistant
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- IT skills
- Motivated and able to use own initiative
- Team worker
- Ability to complete tasks and demonstrate good organisational skills
- Ability to work without supervision but aware of scope of practice
- Work flexibly
- Ability to empathise with patients
- General administrative skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to give feedback to and liaise with wide range of individiuals
Desirable
- Demonstrate good problem solving skills
- Good patient moving and handling skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the role of the therapy team
- Willingness to gain further knowledge and skills in the clinical area of work
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel cross site
- Flexible to meet service delivery needs
- Participate in weekend rotas
- Comfortable around poolside environment
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education
- Evidence of personal development
- Literacy and good written skills
Desirable
- IT skills
- Evidence of health and social care related course
Experience
Essential
- Previous work in Hospital setting or similar
- Previous experience of working in a therapy department
- Experience of working independently with minimal support
- Administrative skills and knowledge
- Recent working within a MDT
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a therapy assistant
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- IT skills
- Motivated and able to use own initiative
- Team worker
- Ability to complete tasks and demonstrate good organisational skills
- Ability to work without supervision but aware of scope of practice
- Work flexibly
- Ability to empathise with patients
- General administrative skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to give feedback to and liaise with wide range of individiuals
Desirable
- Demonstrate good problem solving skills
- Good patient moving and handling skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the role of the therapy team
- Willingness to gain further knowledge and skills in the clinical area of work
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel cross site
- Flexible to meet service delivery needs
- Participate in weekend rotas
- Comfortable around poolside environment
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
