Physiotherapy Technician | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 06 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum(Pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2024 |
| Location: | Wythenshawe, M22 5RG |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6562282/349-LCO-6562282 |
Summary
Do you have experience of working with Adults with a learning disability? Are you interested in supporting people to maintain their independence?
or
Have you worked as a band 3 physiotherapy assistant and would like to progress your career?
If you have answered yes to either of these then a job working in the Community Adult Learning Disability service as a Physiotherapy Technician could be the perfect role for you.
As a Specialist Learning Disabilities Physiotherapy team we work with Adults in 5 Key areas, Rehabilitation, Mobility Problems, 24 hour Posture Management, Falls Management and Respiratory problems. We also have an active role in equipment provision and moving and handling.
Your role as a Band 4 will be to deliver an outstanding level of service to our client group.
The teams are led by highly specialist health professionals. We promote close MDT working allowing a holistic approach to patient care, joint therapy working & developments. We work closely with our social care colleagues.
The teams are proactive in the development of both staff & service and are committed to CPD providing regular specialist multidisciplinary support & education with regular reviews & supervision.
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.
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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024
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