Rehabilitation Assistant

South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; South Ribble; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Rehabilitation Assistant to join the Community Rehabilitation Team in the intermediate care setting. You will support adults and older people with daily living activities and help deliver therapy plans under supervision.

You will work within an integrated multidisciplinary team, providing interventions in patients' homes and community settings. Training will be provided, and flexible working patterns are supported to promote wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills essential.
• Experience in healthcare setting advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support adults and older people with activities of daily living.
• Assist delivery of rehabilitation plans set by therapists.
• Provide administration and clerical support for the therapy team.
• Promote health and reduce inequalities in the community.
• Participate in flexible and supervised therapy interventions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Healthcare setting experience

Job description

If you are a Rehabilitation Assistant who is interested in client centred care within the community, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Community Rehabilitation Team to work withing our intermediate care setting. The team is an integrated multi-disciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Support Workers.

The role will involve supporting patients within an intermediate care setting with activities of daily living such as washing and dressing, kitchen activities and medication support as well as delivering rehabilitation plans set by the physiotherapist/ occupational therapist to enable patients to continue their recovery outside a hospital setting. The role will involve working with direct and indirect supervision within agreed protocols, as well as undertaking skilled support work and a specified range of interventions with patients., To accept an agreed range of patients referred by a therapist, and manage a delegated caseload, providing interventions in an appropriate environment, e.g. patient homes, rehabilitation units, other community settings.

Treat adults and older people according to set treatment protocols, monitoring progression, make minor alterations to treatment as instructed by delegating therapist.

To provide administration and general clerical duties for the therapy team, as required

To promote health and reduce inequalities for adults and older people, families and communities, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health, and social well-being.

Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting and working within intermediate care would be advantageous but training will be delivered to the successful candidate.

You will need excellent communication skills and have experience of working as part of a team.

To work with direct and indirect supervision within agreed protocols as an effective member of the Community Rehabilitation Team undertaking skilled support work and a specified range of therapy interventions to patients and reporting back progress, informing relevant therapist of any problems/ concerns.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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