Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Chelmsford, Grays; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement

Job summary

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust is seeking a Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner to support the Falls Strength and Balance Service across Essex, delivering high-quality strength and balance interventions and patient-centred care.

The role requires a Postural Stability qualification, experience delivering group or home-based exercise programmes, and managing a caseload of community patients with a focus on preventing falls. A probationary period applies.

Qualifications

• Postural Stability qualification required.
• Experience running strength & balance community-based exercise classes and home-based programmes.
• Caseload management for community patients is expected.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of high-quality strength and balance interventions through routine clinical assessments and exercise instruction.
• Provide patient-centred care across designated Essex localities.
• Lead and deliver structured home-based or group exercise sessions.
• Contribute to development and evaluation of the Falls Strength and Balance Exercise Service.

Skills

Strength & balance instruction

Education

Postural Stability Instructor qualification

Job description

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner

The closing date is 19 November 2026

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Rehabilitation Assistant with a Postural Stability Qualification and experience in running strength & balance community based exercises classes as well as home based exercise programmes. The Strength and Balance Team are a new service that is currently in the setting up phase across West Essex, Mid Essex, South West Essex and South East Essex localities. We are looking for Postural Stability Instructor experienced staff that can start exercises classes across all areas in Essex mentioned above. This service is a prevention service providing patients with strategies and tools to prevent falls, we target the more independent patient (independent or walking with a stick or outdoor mobility aid) that may be at risk of falls or have had some falls in the past. As a Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant you will have a caseload of community patients you will support to provide patient-centred treatments. Please ensure you meet the person specifications and have the relevant qualifications required for the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner, supporting the delivery of high-quality strength and balance interventions through routine clinical assessments, exercise instruction, and patient-centred care across the designated localities.

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Job responsibilities

Working for your organisation: Our Values 2025 - 2030 Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.


• We are respectful.


• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period:

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

Starting with Us:

NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes hospital, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe: This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Key Responsibilities include:

• Triaging referrals into the Falls Strength and Balance Exercise Service to ensure patients meet the agreed eligibility criteria.


• Conducting initial face-to-face home assessments to determine suitability for either an Otago-based home exercise programme or a Postural Stability Group Exercise Programme.


• Leading and delivering structured strength and balance home-based or group exercise sessions in accordance with service guidelines.


• Supporting the ongoing development, evaluation, and improvement of the Falls Strength and Balance Exercise Service commitments

Certificates of Sponsorship: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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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.

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust