Early Supported Stroke Discharge Team Rehabilitation Assistant

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Penrith; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a Rehabilitation Assistant to work with stroke patients in the community. The role involves providing high-quality care, contributing to rehabilitation strategies, and working under supervision. Ideal candidates will possess NVQ Level 3 in health or rehabilitation, a Care Certificate, and experience in rehabilitation settings. The role offers a salary ranging from £24,937 to £26,598 annually, pro rata, with flexible working hours.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

NHS Discounts

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars and Cycle to Work

Confidential counselling services

Qualifications

• Experience working within rehabilitation.
• Experience of working in a community setting.
• Understanding the basic philosophy of rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care to stroke patients.
• Support stroke patients across various care settings.
• Contribute to assessment and rehabilitation interventions.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

Basic IT skills

Compassionate values and behaviours

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in health/Rehabilitation

Care Certificate or willingness to undertake

Specific stroke rehabilitation course

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Early Supported Stroke Discharge Team Rehabilitation Assistant

The closing date is 27 January 2026

Eden Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) Team Rehabilitation Assistant 15 hours

The ESSD service is offering a rare & exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, hard working, reliable & flexible person to join the team as a Band 3 Rehab assistant based in Eden. If you fit the above description & have an interest in supporting stroke survivors in the community following discharge from hospital then this is the place for you!

The ESSD service provides stroke-specific rehabilitation for patients in the community, facilitating a smooth transfer from hospital to home. The service supports patients to achieve their chosen goals and helps them to integrate back into their communities with the appropriate levels of support for the stroke survivor and their families & carers. The service also helps to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and promotes a safe & supported discharge wengi from hospital. The service provides high quality, multi-disciplinary (MDT) assessment and treatment, advice/support and / or referral onto other agencies.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across the whole of the stroke patient pathway as well as supporting other teams and services in the delivery of the highest quality patient rehabilitation and care within the Eden Cumbria Locality.

Main duties of the job

To work with stroke patients and provide them with the highest quality care, with a rehabilitation and therapy focus, in orderrant to support them to maximise their recovery potential and enable the best possible quality of health and wellbeing after stroke.

To work with stroke patients across the whole

patient pathway including:

• their own home
• other community setting such as out-patient clinics, community centres Lisaks
• on any سین acute or community hospital wards

To be able to work unaccompanied as a lone worker, without direct supervision, at times but under the professional guidance and supervision of qualified staff.

To contribute to the assessment, implementation, evaluation and modification of team interventions.

Use skills to carry out simple assessments and prescribe routine equipment within the scope of the job and to a level of assessed competence.

To maintain accurate written and computer हुआ records.

Be responsible for daily administration tasks and duties.

To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and the patients which will include 7 day working and may include periods of rotation between community and ward settings.

Support patients with daily tasks using a rehabilitation approach including personal care, washing dressing bathing etc.

The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare时时彩计划 the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money的重要

As an organisation we are serious about supporting qho diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the yoga and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

• Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one‑off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or ಪ್ರಮೊ single payment իռ.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
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• Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in health/ Rehabilitation
• Care Certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake (applicable for all non‑registered support workers that provide health care)
• Specific stroke rehabilitation course

Knowledge & Experience

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• Evidence of working within rehabilitation.
• Able to work with a wide range of people
• Experience of 性感 working in a community setting.
• Experience of lone working
• Previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working with stroke patients
• Understanding of the basic philosophy of rehabilitation.
• Evidence of ongoing training and mandatory courses.
• Understanding of reflective practice and its application.
• Understanding of the role of all MDT disciplines -OT, PT, psychology and SALT.
• Self‑awareness and appreciation of limitations.
• Experience with stroke patients

Other requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Able to use own initiative
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Basic IT skills
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care
• Computer Skills

Personal Circumstances

• Enthusiastic and self‑motivated
• Ability to motivate others
• Responsible and reliable
• Committed to personal development.
• Able to travel independently across North Cumbria sites.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearPer Annum Pro Rata