Paediatric Physiotherapy Assistant

We are a small Community Paediatric Physiotherapy Team based at Callaghan House in Heywood. We see children from 0 - 19 years with acute, chronic and long term conditions. We provide a musculoskeletal service in clinics, as well as visiting children with developmental delay or disabilities in their homes, nurseries and schools.

We are integrated with other children’s services to form the Children’s Integrated Community Health Services. The immediate multi-disciplinary teams at Callaghan House include Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Dietetics, Child Development Team, Family Action, Community Nursing Team, Paediatric Nurse Practitioners, and Posture & Mobility Service. We are supported by the Single Point of Access Administration Team.

We will ensure you have a supportive working and learning environment.

Our team has a diverse and dynamic approach to treating, managing, supporting our young people, children and their families.

As a Technical instructor in the Paediatric Physiotherapy Team, you will provide a high level of care across the pathways of acute and ongoing needs, and SEND, providing direct assistance in the treatment of children and young people, delegated by a qualified Paediatric Physiotherapist.

You will be responsible for the upkeep, of specialist equipment such as standing and walking frames; this will also include liaison with company reps, arranging delivery/collection of equipment, cleaning, servicing, and checking equipment.

In order to support your role, you will receive regular formal and informal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and reflective practice. You will be required to maintain records with guidance as required from qualified physiotherapists.

The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.