Rehabilitation Assistant

Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership is seeking a Rehabilitation Assistant to join our busy Community Therapy Team within the Cobham and Oxshott Primary Care Network. You will work mainly with Physiotherapists and closely with OT and nursing staff, providing rehabilitation in outpatient settings, patients' homes, and other community locations.

You will train under qualified staff, carry a caseload, and support independent living for adults with health conditions.

Qualifications

• Experience in community care is advantageous.
• Full training provided.
• Good written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Carry own patient caseload under guidance of a qualified therapist.
• Undertake skilled support to aid rehabilitation in patients' homes.
• Enable effective rehabilitation teamwork and communicate with relatives and carers.
• Promote patient-centred rehabilitation and healthy lifestyle.
• Support clinicians with administration, audits and information gathering.
• Support/lead teaching classes for patients in outpatient settings with training.
• Be competent in prescribing small aids under supervision of a therapist.

Skills

Communication skills

Driver

Teamwork

Patient care

Job description

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We are looking for a Rehabilitation Assistant to join our busy Community Therapy Team within the Cobham and Oxshott Primary Care Network. You will mainly work with the Physiotherapists, but will also work closely with OT, and nursing team.

We provide rehabilitation services for adults with health conditions and can see patients in an out-patient setting, in their own home, or in any appropriate community setting for example Care homes. You will work alongside qualified staff and also other Therapy Assistants, but will also work independently following instructions from qualified staff.

Previous experience of working in the community with patients is an advantage, but not essential, as full training will be given. This post is not suitable for qualified Physiotherapists. Good communication skills, both written and verbal are essential, as is car owner/ driver.

• To carry own patient caseload, treating patients under the guidance of a qualified therapist. Monitor the patient and report any changes to the senior therapist, in order to maximise each individual patient's functional ability.
• To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients living in their own homes. Where patients have complex needs, this is carried out in conjunction with qualified clinicians.
• Enable the delivery of effective and efficient rehabilitation teamwork to patients whilst providing appropriate support and communication to relatives and carers.
• To participate in creating a culture of patient centred rehabilitation and enablement rather than being cared for and use every opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent accidents.
• To support qualified clinicians with administrative tasks, audit, information gathering.
• To support / lead teaching classes for those patients that are able to attend an outpatient setting. Training will be provided.
• To be competent in the prescription of small aids under the guidance and supervision of a qualified therapist.

Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health And Care Has a Track Record Of Providing Person Centric Care That Goes Beyond Organisational Boundaries To Do What Is Best For The Individual. This Partnership Includes

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area.
• Epsom and St Helier's, St George's, University Hospitals NHS Trust.
• Surrey County Council

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Price Job title: Operational Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07918476821