Rehabilitation Assistant

NHS; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Guildford is seeking a full-time Rehabilitation Assistant to support high-quality rehabilitative palliative care for patients living with advanced diseases. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team across various sites, ensuring patients receive compassionate care tailored to their needs. Ideal candidates should possess a Level 3 qualification in Health or Social Care and have experience in a health or social care setting. Additional training opportunities are offered as part of a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Continuation of NHS Pension

Clinical Supervision

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible working hours

Diverse Training Courses

Qualifications

• Experience in a health or social care environment of at least two years.
• Experience working with advanced illness patients is preferred.
• Ability to reflect on performance and cope with emotionally demanding situations.

Responsibilities

• Support high quality rehabilitative palliative care for patients.
• Work with patients and families in community and group settings.
• Assist in managing patients’ autonomy and treatment plans.

Skills

Understanding of palliative care

Good IT skills

Teamwork

Resilience

Education

Level 3 qualification in Health or Social Care

Educated to GCSE Level including English

Job description

Salary: £28,032 per annum (WTE based on 37.5 hours per week)

Hours: 37.5 hours

Location: The Beacon Centre, Guildford, Farnham and in the community

Areyou looking for a job where you can make a real difference? At PhyllisTuckwell, we pride ourselves on offering exceptional care to our patients andtheir families and carers.

PhyllisTuckwellis looking to appoint a full time Rehabilitation Assistant. The role supportshigh quality rehabilitative palliative care for patients of Phyllis TuckwellHospice.

Thesuccessful applicant will be an integral member of the Living Well team andwider multi-disciplinary team. They willwork across our Phyllis Tuckwell sites in outpatient and group settings as wellas in the community, and work with patients living with advanced disease or aterminal illness, their carers and their family. The successful applicant willuse a range of interventions to provide high quality rehabilitative palliativecare, enabling a patient to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence toactively manage their condition. The role will empower patients to maximisetheir ability to engage in activities that are meaningful to them, promotingquality of life according to their preferences, needs and choices.

If you wouldlike to feel part of a welcoming and committed team, benefit from strong peerand managerial support, and want to develop your career with excellent trainingand education opportunities, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

A successful RehabilitationAssistant will have:

• Alevel 3 qualification in Health or Social Care of equivalent.
• Anunderstanding of palliative care.
• Becommitted to person centred, high-quality, rehabilitative palliative care forpatients, their relatives, and carers.
• Experiencein and be committed to working as part of an effective multi-disciplinary team.
• Goodinformation technology skills across a range of platforms.
• Beself-aware and resilient.
• Havethe skills required to work with groups of patients and carers.

For a full list of essential requirements, please refer to the jobdescription and person specification document.

We Offer:

• Continuationof NHS Pension or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan (matchedcontributions up to 7.5%)
• ClinicalSupervision
• EmployeeAssistance Programme
• BlueLight Discount Card
• Access to learning and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site education team)
• Professional Growth
• Upskilling
• Diverse Training Courses

A Great Place to Work

• Flexible hours and flexible working
• Supportive colleagues
• Clinical supervision and support
• 97% of our staff are proud to work for Phyllis Tuckwell*

*Phyllis Tuckwell Birdsong Hospice staff survey 2023

About us

We arebased in Farnham, Camberley and Guildford, and provide bespoke, compassionate palliativeand end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness,across West Surrey and North-East Hampshire.

Phyllis Tuckwell is a very special place to work. Our staff make a real difference to the livesof our patients and their loved ones, providing outstanding care at a time thatreally matters. Our Therapies staff arepivotal in helping deliver our vital services, ensuring every day is preciousfor our patients.

The impact of our services on the lives of our patients and theirfamilies can be read about here:

https://www.pth.org.uk/our-care/helpful-information/patient-stories/

We arecommitted to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, with the principles offairness and equality at its core. We are an equal opportunitiesemployer, who values and respects our employees unique knowledge, skills andexperiences. We warmly welcome applications from all sections of thecommunity. All appointments are made following a fair and equitableprocess, based on merit, job requirements and business need.

For furtherinformation regarding the role or to arrange an informal visit please contact RachelCopes, Living Well Sister on [e-mail] or phone [phone]. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact HR on [e-mail]

Please note that we do nothold a sponsor licence and therefore are unable to provide sponsorship.

Job responsibilities

Post:RehabilitationAssistant

Accountable to: Living Well Team Lead

JobPurpose:

• To supporthigh quality rehabilitative palliative care for patients referred to PhyllisTuckwell, as an integral member of our multi-disciplinary team on the in-patientunit, on our sites and in the community.
• Towork with patients living with advanced disease or a terminal illness, with theircarers and their family. The role will involveworking in the community, one to one and with groups of people using a range ofinterventions to enable a patient to develop the skills, knowledge andconfidence to actively manage their condition and maximise their ability toengage in activities that are meaningful to them. This will empower patients to live fully and enjoy the bestquality of life possible according to their preferences, needs andchoices.

Responsibilities

1.0 Clinical

• Towork to support patients, carers and families as individuals or in a group withothers for peer support, to support the development of their skill, knowledgeand confidence in managing their condition and to help to maintain functionalability.
• To assistcolleagues to assess a patients functional ability and establish what isimportant to them and their goals.
• To supporta rehabilitative palliative care approach.
• Tomanage own caseload of patients as delegated by the Living Well team lead inconsultation with therapy colleagues.
• Tomotivate patients to be as independent as possible and support their ability toengage in what is important to them including personal care, movement,domestic, social and leisure activities.
• Tobe responsible for reporting any changes in the patients condition, treatmentplan or progress to members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Tounderstand the physical symptoms, emotional and the psychological, social,spiritual and cultural needs of the patient and utilise these to supportimprovements.
• Followingtraining and supervision, assess and teach patients to use mobility aids and minorpieces of equipment as required.
• Todevelop knowledge in falls prevention.
• To supporta patients autonomy by using a range of solutions including information,assistive technology and skills in motivating and facilitating behaviour change.
• Toknow own limitations and seek advice from the appropriate professional whenrequired.
• Tobe able to work alone in the community whilst understanding own competencylevels and scope of practice.
• To ensureequipment is clean, well maintained and stored appropriately reporting faultsto appropriate colleagues.
• Toliaise with the multi-professional team including attendance at MDT meeting asrequired.
• Toread and contribute to patient clinical records to effectively manage delegatedcaseload.

2.0 Administrative

• Tosupport team working by answering telephone calls, making appointments and roombookings, scheduling, filing, taking and relaying messages, photocopying andprinting.
• Tomonitor stock and ordering supplies as required.
• Toclean and maintain equipment and maintain infection control standards in theworking environment.
• Tohave good IT skill across a range of platforms.

3.0 Communication

• Tocommunicate effectively with patients and their families and carers withcompassion and by utilising skills that help to motivate and empower.
• Toutilise effective communication skills to work with a range of people livingwith communication difficulties including hearing, sight and speech and languageimpairment.
• Togain consent and act in accordance with a patients choices.
• Towork within the multi-disciplinary integrated team communicating appropriatelyat team meetings.
• Tomaintain accurate and up to date patient notes in line with professionalstandards and Phyllis Tuckwell policy.

4.0 Professional

• Towork within established standards and policies to deliver high quality patientcare.
• Tobe responsible for ensuring a safe working environment in all care settings.
• Toparticipate in surveys and audits as directed by your line manager.
• Tobe responsible for time management and organisation of daily workload and schedulesas allocated by senior member of staff.
• Tomaintain confidentiality according to the Caldicott principles.

5.0 Trainingand Development

• To participatein statutory and mandatory training.
• To participatein clinical supervision, one to ones, appraisals / performance review and lookfor opportunities for self and professional development ensuring skills aredeveloping.
• Tocontribute to service planning.
• Tosupport HCA colleagues to develop competencies in falls prevention, provisionof walking aids and in engaging patients in and providing opportunities formeaningful activities.

6.0 Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity andInclusion

Role holders are requiredto understand their responsibilities in the safeguarding context, ensuring thatPhyllis Tuckwell reduces the risk of harm or abuse of adults and children atrisk.

You are required to:

• adhere to Phyllis Tuckwells Safeguarding Policy(held on the NEST), which supports the local authoritys multi agencysafeguarding policy, the law (Care Act 2014) and Mental Capacity Act 2005(including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards).
• inform the appropriate PT professional where there isconcern that an adult or child may be at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.

Phyllis Tuckwell iscommitted to an Equal Opportunities approach, valuing, and respecting everyoneas individuals, with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles, and circumstances.

This job description isunderpinned by Phyllis Tuckwells philosophy, culture, and core values, whichactively embrace diversity and inclusion and promotes total team spirit.

This job description iscurrent and subject to yearly review in consultation with the jobholder. It isliable to reflect and anticipate necessary changes to support the PT strategy.

Person Specification

Team Working

• Willingness to follow guidance and to use own initiative within areas of competence.
• To be aware of benefits of diversity amongst colleagues and patients and need for inclusion.
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Effectively communicate in an accurate, clear and concise way understand the importance of timely record keeping and reporting any changes in a patients condition to colleagues.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of patient confidentiality.
• IT literacy with skills including word, excel, smart phone technology and electronic diaries or willingness to learn.
• Car driver with a valid driving license and able to travel to a patients home, between sites or to a community venue.
• Experience of using electronic patient records.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE Level or equivalent including a pass in English.
• Level 3 in Health or Social care or equivalent.

Experience

• An understanding of palliative care and the benefits of a rehabilitative approach.
• Commitment to providing high quality, person centred, rehabilitative palliative care to patients, their relatives, and carers.
• Understanding of the importance of Health and Safety and having a commitment to complying with PT policies.
• Have experience in working with groups of patients or have a willingness to develop the skills needed for this.
• At least two years experience of working in a health or social care environment.
• Experience of working with people living with advanced illness or long-term conditions.
• Understanding and experience of caring for people at end of life and with palliative care needs.

Education, Training and Self Management

• Good problem solving and organisational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously to plan and prioritise.
• Able to reflect on and appraise own performance.
• Have the ability to cope with stressful and emotionally demanding situations.
• Commitment to personal development and training.
• Competent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise.
• Ability to support patient and their families to express concern and distress.
• To work effectively and efficiently with groups of patients, their families and carers.
• To be self-aware.
• Flexible, motivated, and self-directed.
• Good attendance and punctuality record.
• To be professional in appearance and conduct.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£28,032 a year(per annum WTE based on 37.5 hours a week)