Rehab Assistant - Ascot House

Job summary

The therapy team at Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit are looking to recruit a part time (22.5 hours) Band 3 rehab assistant who has a desire to deliver therapy interventions to older adults who require a period of short term Intermediate Care to return to their home safely.

Ascot House is a therapy led intermediate care unit, which is commissioned and delivered via integration between Trafford Local Care Organisation and Trafford Council.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the well established therapy team at Ascot House who work in partnership with Trafford Council to provide a patient focused Intermediate Care service.

The team are based within Ascot House and are led by a Clinical Lead Physiotherapist and an Occupational Therapist Senior Practitioner.

Ascot House is based in Sale and the current working pattern is Monday to Friday (22.5 hours flexible over 3 days).

Key attributes for potential candidates include:

Experience within older adult therapy services

Experience of intermediate care services

Knowledge and experience with equipment and adaptations

Adaptable to change

Experience with exercise programmes

Well organised

Person centered

Equipment and moving and handling skills

Experience with clinical systems

Awareness of clinical documentation

Awareness of the wider MDT

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the therapy team with the rehabilitation and reablement of patients within Ascot House with guidance and support from the allocated Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist.

The role includes but is not limited to:

Practicing mobility and transfers with patients

Delivering exercise programmes as prescribed by the allocated physiotherapist

Accompanying clinicians on environmental visits, home visits and discharge visits

Supporting the team by picking up and delivering equipment

Providing verbal handovers on the progression of the patients to help the allocated therapists make decisions regarding discharge

Being part of a team who deliver patient centered goals and outcomes

The team is committed to integrated working and you will have the opportunity to work alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, medics, a pharmacy technician and the social care team.

As the caseload is often demanding, candidates should be well organised and self- motivating. Above all you must be able to function well as part of a supportive team.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.

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