This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Therapy Assistant/Support Worker to join our dynamic transfer of care therapy team.
You will have experience of working with integrated therapy services. The role will support transfer of care and the acute therapy teams to ensure timely discharges of patients from the acute setting, supporting a home first approach and reducing demand for the intermediate care settings. The successful candidate will be organised, an effective communicator and strong team player.
You will work within an integrated model of care to provide therapy within the acute setting, optimising function and support with discharge planning for our patients.
We are looking for individuals who work well as part of a team and can contribute to innovative ideas on clinical pathways and can help drive forward excellence.
You must be adaptable to working with a range of patients and working environments with a flexible approach to the delivery of care. This must include a willingness to adopt working patterns that include weekends and public/bank holidays which may form part of your contracted hours or may include working additional hours.
Support will be provided by the integrated therapy team who will take a proactive and innovative approach to continuous professional development, evidence-based practice and service development.
In addition, you will carry out a range of non-clinical duties related to the role.
Ability to work over 7 days, you will be expected to be flexible in terms of working patterns including weekends, bank holidays and extra hours if necessary.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care, appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack(opens in existing window)
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025