An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant in the Medical Therapy Team at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
You will be working as part of a Therapy Team to assist the qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in the provision of therapeutic care and rehabilitation. You will be working predominantly with an older population of patients; therefore, you will need to have an empathetic nature, excellent communication skills and any previous experience of working with dementia patients would also be beneficial.
You will have the opportunity to work with the wider multidisciplinary teams and help in the planning of patient care. The role will also involve some administrative tasks and equipment management, general IT skills are required.
You should be able to work as directed by the qualified therapists but also be confident and competent in carrying your own caseload and reporting back to the team. You should therefore be able to demonstrate the ability to motivate patients to maximise their rehabilitation potential.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Assisting the qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in the delivery of high-quality rehabilitation care to patients to facilitate safe discharges from hospital.
2. Working directly with patients to carry out treatment programmes as directed by the Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapist and reporting back.
3. Assisting the therapists with the more complex patients.
4. Demonstrating good moving and handling skills with patients.
5. Working with the wider multidisciplinary team and feeding information into and back from the therapy team.
6. Demonstrating excellent communication skills with patients, their families, and the multidisciplinary team.
7. Motivating and encouraging patients with their therapy.
8. Performing administrative tasks and equipment management, including note writing and data collection for audit purposes.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
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.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Kirsty Barlow
Job title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Email address: kirsty.barlow@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 276 8963
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