Community Senior Rehabilitation Assistant

Main area Community Senior Rehabilitation Assistant Grade Band 4 Contract Although this is permanent role, the service would consider a 12 secondment to support someone gain community experience. Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 349-LCO-7228815*

Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Wythenshawe Offices Town Manchester Salary £27,485 – £30,162 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/07/2025 23:59

Community Senior Rehabilitation Assistant

Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant to work with the Integrated Community Rehab Service in South Manchester. This is a brilliant opportunity to work in a rotational post working within the following services: Community Stroke, Community Neuro Rehab, Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service.

These services are committed to delivering rehabilitation for patients in their own homes and a variety of clinical settings so applicants must be able to travel across the locality to complete multiple patient visits in the day. The successful candidate will be compassionate, forward thinking and a team player that wants to progress within the environment of community rehabilitation.

The services are committed to learning and development opportunities.

Although this is permanent role, the service would consider a 12 secondment to support someone gain community experience. Please note that the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to complete home visits. We will require proof of this prior to an interview being offered.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Rehabilitation Assistant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and have the knowledge and skills to work across therapies at a high level of competence, within agreed protocols, under the supervision of a qualified professional. They will also have responsibility for providing support and guidance to more junior assistants.

The rehabilitation assistant will work within a community based team assisting registered professionals, including occupational therapists and physiotherapists in the implementation, delivery and evaluation of rehabilitation programmes.

The rehabilitation assistant will take responsibility for their own workload within a broad framework laid out by a qualified therapist. The post holder will be responsible for delivering defined Therapy input without direct supervision, but will have immediate access to a qualified therapist for advice and direction as needed.

The post holder will use technical and creative skills in the provision of therapeutic activities for individual patients and will be responsible for evaluating and amending treatment programmes and interventions with guidance from the therapist.

This is a rotation post working across community therapy, falls and community stroke and neuro rehab teams.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Multi-professional NVQ Level 3, or equivalent.
• Numeracy and Literacy skills (to GCSE level or equivalent)
• Foundation degree in Health and Social Care

Experience

• Experience in working at the level of a Therapy/Rehabilitation Assistant carrying out therapeutic interventions.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-agency, multi-professional team.
• Evidence of working unsupervised.
• Experience of working in falls/general rehabilitation in acute or community
• Experience of training other staff
• Experience as a care/voluntary work

Skills

• Ability to teach practical skills
• Ability to move and handle patients and equipment with appropriate training
• Able to develop and maintain effective communication with a range of people about a range of matters
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
• Able to maintain quality of own work
• Able to maintain confidentiality and discretion
• Standard IT and Keyboard Skills

Knowledge

• Able to apply knowledge of polices, procedures, legislation and professional standards of practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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