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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and hard working Rehabilitation Assistant to join our therapy service at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH).

Working under the direction of qualified therapists you will support children and young people with a range of injuries, illnesses and complex needs across a range of specialties to achieve their individualised goals using a wide range of therapeutic activities. This will include use of the hydrotherapy pool.

You will undertake treatment programmes with patients as delegated by a qualified health care professional and report back to them. Patients will be seen in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

The successful candidate will be a confident communicator being able to adapt their communication style to children and young people with a variety of needs, including cognitive difficulties and be able to work well in a team.

Basic IT skills are essential for this role which involves some office-based duties as well as keeping electronic records and inputting information accurately into online databases.

You will be able to motivate and encourage children and young people with their therapy and have an empathetic nature.

Main duties of the job

Alongside the clinical support to the patients the post  involves a significant amount of daily non clinical duties including cleaning equipment, organising  servicing of equipment and administration duties. There will be occasions of cross cover supporting the wider teams for planned and unplanned absence .

We will provide access to training and support with lifelong learning and annual appraisals.

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.