Rehabilitation Assistant

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health provider in Swindon is seeking a compassionate Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant to join a supportive interdisciplinary team. You will assist therapists in delivering rehabilitation programmes, helping patients regain independence following illness or injury. This rewarding role offers training and ongoing support in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will communicate effectively and have a desire to learn, while experience in care delivery is preferred.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience in a previous role engaging with various people.
• Ability to communicate with individuals with barriers to communication.
• Willingness to learn new skills and be motivated.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in exercises, self-care, and meal preparation.
• Provide encouragement and compassionate communication to motivate patients.
• Ensure the smooth running of the department, managing equipment, and maintaining records.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Problem solving

Empathy

Time management

Education

NVQ or equivalent in related area

Job description

We are looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant to join our friendly and supportive interdisciplinary team at the Swindon Intermediate Care Centre (SWICC). This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people on their journey to recovery.

As a Rehabilitation Assistant, you will work closely with our Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, and other team members to support the planning and delivery of personalised rehabilitation programmes. You'll play an important part in helping individuals regain their independence, dignity, and confidence following illness or injury.

You'll be part of a welcoming and collaborative environment where your contributions are valued every day. You'll receive training, ongoing support, and opportunities to develop your skills while helping people rebuild their lives with dignity and hope.

Main duties

As a valued member of the interdisciplinary team at Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, you will work under the guidance of therapists (Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Speech and Language Therapists) to support patients on their rehabilitation journey. Your role will focus on helping individuals regain independence in daily living through tailored therapy programmes.

• Assist therapists in delivering personalised rehabilitation programmes, both one-on-one and in groups, supporting patients in exercises, self-care, meal preparation, and mobility.
• Provide encouragement and compassionate communication to motivate patients and support their families and carers.
• Help with basic assessments and report changes in patient progress or behaviour to the therapy team.
• Ensure the smooth running of the department by managing equipment, supporting infection control protocols, maintaining accurate records, and ordering supplies.
• Take initiative in managing your time across varied tasks, helping to keep the service running efficiently each day.
• Contribute to the training and support of newer assistants and volunteers, sharing knowledge and promoting best practice.
• Participate in team discussions, service improvements, staff development programmes, and Trust audits.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation and record your work accurately using SystmOne.
• Please see the attached job description for the full list of responsibilities.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Rehabilitation Assistant working within the HCRG Care Group, we value you and your contributions, offering a range of benefits to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing:

Essential

• To carry out general clerical, administrative and departmental duties in support of clinical work and at the direction of the therapists and any other duties delegated by senior staff.
• To be involved in audit as part of working practice
• To be responsible for recording your own statistics SystmOne
• Experience of a previous role involving various modes of communication with a variety of people
• A knowledge of what the job entails
• Ability to communicate with people with barriers to communication
• Ability to empathise, support and motivate patients and carers
• Ability to problem solve and use initiative
• Ability to organise self and workload in order to complete given tasks within a given timescale
• Willing to learn new skills
• Motivated

Desirable

• NVQ or equivalent in related area
• Experience in care delivery
• Experience working at Band 2
• Previous experience in at least 1 of the following: Physiotherapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Rehabilitation Assistant, Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.
• Experience of working in the NHS.
• Training in Rehabilitation competencies or equivalent base of theoretical knowledge
• Knowledge of Stroke

Other requirements

• Willing to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.