Job overview

The Integrated Community Rehabilitation Services (ICRS) in South Manchester Local Care Organisation are currently recruiting a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistants into the Community Rehabilitation Team.  The successful candidate should be passionate about providing care to residents in their own home.  Although based in one service will be opportunities to work with a variety of services that make up the ICRS.  These services include, Community Therapy Team, Community Falls, Post Covid and Community Neuro Rehab Team.

ICRS provides therapy for patients with a wider range of conditions who would may be struggling to access care in an out-patient setting.  The successful candidates will work with a team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapist as well as the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team to provide treatment and intervention as prescribed by a qualified clinician. 

The successful applicants will possess experience of working within health or social care teams, show good communication skills and be dedicated to providing high quality care to patients. 

Applicants MUST have a UK driving license and access to a vehicle to travel across South Manchester to be able to carry out home visits.  Please note that evidence of this will be required. If you are unable to provide this evidence you will not progress to interview.

Main duties of the job

Work with a diverse group for patients with complex medical conditions

Take an active part in the delivery and evaluation of evidence based home exercise and therapeutic programmes under the indirect supervision of a therapist

Work as part of a team to develop and maintain clinical skills and competencies

Work without direct supervision undertaking tasks delegated by a qualified health care professional

Support patients to achieve their goals and promote independence and healthy lifestyles

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 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.