Senior Community Physiotherapist- Trafford | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

We are inviting you to join our team as a band 6 community rehabilitation Physiotherapist here in Trafford Local Care Organisation. You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team consisting of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and patient support worker colleagues.

You will be responsible for a varied caseload delivering evidenced based rehabilitation programmes within patient’s homes and outpatient facilities. The community rehabilitation service is supported by the AHP leadership model within Trafford. You will work closely across the organisation attending band 6 peer groups where we support shared learning.

You will be supervised by band 7 senior practitioners and will have the opportunity to supervise rotational band 5 staff, support workers, students. You will be provided with a smart phone, iPad and laptop as all our patient records are electronic.

• Undertake specialist physiotherapy assessment of patients and provide treatments specific to the patients needs and goals.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team, completing liaison, joint working and collaborative decision making.
• Demonstrate a high level of manual handling skills.
• Assess and manage clinical risk and safeguarding, following trust policies and procedures
• Work in support of and deputise for the Senior Practitioner in the day to day running of the team.
• Contribute to service development
• Supervise, monitor and delegate to staff including band 5 Physiotherapists, students and support staff.

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.

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. 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.

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.