Rehabilitation Assistant

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted via your email account used to apply, so please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top-up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum). This temporary top-up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time if filled via internal redeployment.

Job Overview

The Rehabilitation Assistant assists with specific therapeutic duties and the implementation of patient rehabilitation programmes, planned and supervised by a fractured neck of femur advanced nurse practitioner or qualified therapist. The post holder will be expected to complete relevant competency programmes for physiotherapy and occupational therapy to enable them to fulfill this role. Administrative duties such as data inputting for national audits are also expected.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy hip and fragility fracture team as a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant.

We are looking for compassionate, enthusiastic staff with a flexible approach to join our friendly, motivated teams.

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a patient-focused attitude.

Emphasizing the optimization of the patient's rehabilitation potential through nutrition, mobility, stimulation, and increasing confidence is essential to help this predominantly elderly group of patients return to their usual residence.

The post will be based at the Royal Gwent Hospital.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organization

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organization committed to caring. It offers an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. We provide opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and develop their careers, including integrated care services serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer extensive benefits, training, and development, including paid mandatory training, in-house programs, recognized qualifications, and professional pathways. We promote flexible working, support work-life balance, and have initiatives like occupational health support and a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence.

Our Clinical Futures strategy aims to enhance care closer to home and provide high-quality hospital care when needed, including the Grange University Hospital, which opened in November 2020. Join us to help pioneer new ways of working and deliver world-class healthcare.

Experience

Essential: Experience in a health environment

Desirable: Experience working in a rehabilitation environment

Qualifications

Essential: NVQ Level 3

Desirable: Data inputting experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential: Teamwork, communication, problem-solving, adaptability

Desirable: Orthopaedic care

Other

Essential: Available for a 7-day working pattern

Desirable: Ability to work at other sites