Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Therapy Assistant/Support Worker to join our dynamic integrated Medical Therapy or Surgical Therapy team. There are a mixture of permanent and secondment/fixed term opportunities within both teams.

You will have experience of working in an acute hospital setting with Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy teams.  The role will support the integrated therapy team and requires the individual to be organised, an effective communicator and strong team player.

 You will work within an integrated model of care to provide timely assessments, optimising function and support with discharge planning for our patients.

We are looking for individuals who work well as part of a team and can contribute to innovative ideas on clinical pathways and can help drive forward excellence.

You must be adaptable to working with a range of patients and working environments with a flexible approach to the delivery of care. This must include a willingness to adopt working patterns that include weekends and public/bank holidays which may form part of your contracted hours or may include working additional hours.

Main duties of the job

Support will be provided by the integrated therapy team who will take a proactive and innovative approach to continuous professional development, evidence-based practice and service development.

In addition, you will carry out a range of non-clinical duties related to the role.

Ability to work over 7 days, you will be expected to be flexible in terms of working patterns including weekends, bank holidays and extra hours if necessary.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.