Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a B4 Assistant Practitioner/Senior Rehabilitation Assistant to work with the Intermediate Care Team in North Manchester.   The team supports patients in their own environment on our Home Pathway.

The post is part of our Manchester Community Response Service which also includes the Crisis Response team,  Home Pathway, Crumpsall Vale ICT unit, Reablement, Community IV team, Pharmacy and Social care.

This is an exciting time to be part of our integrated multi-disciplinary and multi-agency service providing rehabilitation.

We currently have a full time vacancy for a B4 Assistant Practitioner/Therapy support worker who is compassionate, forward thinking and a team player that wants to progress within the environment of community rehabilitation. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will  work as an integral part of the Intermediate Care Therapy team (and the wider MCR service) to provide a high quality patient centred approach to adults in the community in North Manchester.

The teams integrated service delivery model aims to avoid admissions, reduce length of stay and improve the patients’ experiences through access to the right intervention at the right time, delivered by the appropriate health or social care practitioner.

The aim of the post is to rehabilitate and improve the function of patients by providing interventions in their own home either following discharge from an acute hospital setting or following illness or injury at home.

After completing appropriate competencies, you will be expected to manage your own caseload of patients in the community.

You would be part of a wider multi disciplinary health & social care team who work towards regaining or maintaining independence and quality of life. The post holder will have an allocated caseload of patients under the supervision of a registered professional.

The role will also involve team/office based duties to ensure effective service delivery.

The team is committed to continual professional development with regular supervision and appraisals.  This post is supported by B5, B6 and B7 Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

The role will also involve close working with student therapists.

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.