Rehabilitation Assistant

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norwich is recruiting a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant to join the Stroke Early Support Discharge team. You will deliver stroke specialist rehabilitation in community settings and work with a multidisciplinary team under the guidance of registered staff.

The post requires weekend work, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for travel across the locality to support patients at their homes.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering rehabilitation in community settings.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexibility to work weekends and travel locally.

Responsibilities

• Provide stroke specialist rehabilitation in the community.
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary team under supervision of registered staff.
• Perform indirect tasks to support care such as record keeping and equipment management.
• The role includes weekend work.

Skills

Stroke rehab

Community care

Job description

We have an exciting permanent, full-time (37.5 hour) opportunity for a new member to join our multidisciplinary team with the Stroke Early Support Discharge team as a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant. We are looking for a kind, passionate, organised, and resourceful individual to join our welcoming team to provide stroke specialist rehabilitation. You will be joining an experienced and supportive team striving to meet the physical, communication, cognitive and functional needs of patients following a stroke within the community.,

• To provide stroke specialist rehabilitation in the community.
• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team under the direction and supervision of the registered staff, in a variety of community settings including patient's homes.
• To deliver indirect tasks which support the patient's care and therapy needs, such as record keeping and management of equipment.
• The role includes weekend working.
• A full Driving Licence valid for the UK and access to a vehicle insured for business use is essential for independent travel across the work locality.

Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.