Rehabilitation Assistant

Job summary

Are you looking for an opportunity to progress your therapy career in the NHS? This may be the job for you!

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and innovative person to work with us as a Rehabilitation assistant in our Elective Orthopedic Therapy team based at Trafford Hospital.

The Rehabilitation Assistant role will support occupational therapists (OT) and physiotherapists (PT) in their roles and work under their supervision. You will be responsible for delivering therapy interventions across Day-case and In-patient settings based at the Trafford Elective Hub, while being supported by robust supervision and training. You will work closely with the qualified therapy team to assist with assessment and treatment interventions for a varied elective orthopaedic caseload.

We highly encourage an informal discussion or visit to understand the role fully.

For more information, please contact Orla Whittaker, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist or Tom Wilson, Senior Occupational Therapist.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported to develop the skills to work effectively in this role using a competency-based approach.

The successful candidate will be a confident communicator, able to adapt their communication style to patients with a variety of needs, including cognitive difficulties, and be able to work well in a team. Basic IT skills are essential as this role does involve some office-based duties as well as keeping electronic records. An understanding of the role of OT & PT would be beneficial.

You will be responsible for following treatment plans to deliver exercise and mobility programmes, and personal and domestic activities of daily living practice. There is a requirement to undertake moving and handling of patients on a regular basis. The role involves supporting some community activities such as environmental and home assessment visits.

Alongside the clinical interventions, there is responsibility for administration duties - ordering equipment, recording statistics and maintaining stock items.

The post involves participation in a 7-day working and twilight rota.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.