Rehabilitation Assistant

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health and Care is seeking a Rehabilitation Assistant to join the busy Community Therapy Team within the Cobham and Oxshott Primary Care Network. You will work mainly with Physiotherapists, but will also work closely with OT and nursing staff, delivering rehabilitation in outpatient settings, patients' homes, or other community settings such as care homes.

You will carry your own patient caseload under supervision, support home-based rehabilitation, contribute to teamwork, and

Responsibilities

• Carry own patient caseload under the guidance of a qualified therapist.
• Undertake specific skilled support work to aid rehabilitation in patients' own homes.
• Enable effective rehabilitation teamwork and provide support to relatives and carers.
• Promote patient-centred rehabilitation and prevention of accidents.
• Support administrative tasks, audits and information gathering.
• Lead teaching classes for patients in outpatient settings; training will be provided.
• Competent in prescribing small aids under supervision of a qualified therapist.

Job description

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.

• 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.

  Previous experience of working in the community with patients is an advantage, but not essential, as full training will be given.

  Good communication skills, both written and verbal are essential, as is car owner/ driver.

  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.