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Job overview

The Community Neuro-rehabilitation Team are recruiting a rehabilitation support worker. This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside and deliver ongoing treatment plans for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, nurses and dietitians.

The rehabilitation programmes are very varied and include physical exercises, equipment provision, practice of activities of daily living, weighing patients, upper limb treatments, speech practice, relaxation skills, emotional support, practice with concentration/memory and accessing the community. These are delivered in individual and group programmes.
You will receive on the job training.

You will be required to work across a variety of bases, clinics and patient’s homes as a lone worker for much of the time

Main duties of the job

To provide rehabilitation treatment plans, to patients referred into the community neuro-rehabilitation services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language therapy.

To work with a diverse group for patients with complex neurological conditions

To take an active part in the delivery and evaluation of treatment plans developed to meet patients needs under the indirect supervision of a therapist

To work as part of a team within the service and to maintain clinical skills and competencies by working 

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

Working for our organisation

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.