Specialist Urgent Care Therapist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Bury is seeking Allied Health Professionals to join their team in Accident and Emergency. This role involves working closely with community teams to provide holistic patient assessments and discharges. This position is ideal for experienced Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and strong clinical assessment skills. Requires availability to work weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• Must work across the service seven days a week, including Bank Holidays.
• Suitability for existing band 6 or experienced band 5 professionals.

Responsibilities

• Work within Accident and Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre.
• Support effective discharge planning and improve flow through urgent care system.
• Perform specialist assessments and develop individualized treatment programmes.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Autonomy

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Allied Health Professional team working in Accident and Emergency.

The philosophy of the therapy team working in A and E is to provide holistic, highly skilled, integrated assessment and rehabilitation by an experienced multi-disciplinary team to prevent unnecessary hospital admission, facilitate safe and efficient discharges reducing pressures on secondary care and supporting the care closer to home agenda.

This exciting role works closely with the community teams to support and facilitate timely, functional assessments and discharges to patients to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate safe, effective discharge to the most appropriate environment.

You must be able to work across the service seven days a week 7am - 8pm, including Bank Holidays.

This role is suitable for Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists and would suit an existing band 6 or an experienced band 5 looking to develop.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Accident and Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centre and Same Day Emergency Care at Fairfield General Hospital
• Work in line with the agreed strategic objectives of Bury Care Organisation
• Utilise high levels of clinical assessment and communication skills to support effective discharge planning, preventing unnecessary admissions to secondary care and to improve flow through the urgent care system.
• Work autonomously within trust policies and professional practice and maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records.
• Perform specialist assessment of patients and determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required. The patient will present with acute or chronic conditions, some of which may be complex.

There are opportunities to work across the acute medical unit as part of this role.

About the Trust and Working Here

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, appreciate and inspire– to join our team.

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 Thursday 2 Oct 2025