Enable job alerts via email!

Rehabilitation Support Worker

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Highweek

On-site

GBP 22,000 - 28,000

Full time

Yesterday
Be an early applicant

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a motivated Rehabilitation Support Worker to join their stroke and neurological rehabilitation team. The role involves assisting with the rehabilitation of patients, implementing treatment plans, and supporting both patients and their families. This position requires physical ability to handle patients and a commitment to teamwork. Competitive salaries and shifts across various locations are included.

Qualifications

  • Hard working and physically able to move and handle patients.
  • Experience in stroke and neurological rehabilitation preferred.
  • Ability to assist in assessment and therapy tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Assist registered staff in assessment and therapy tasks.
  • Implement treatment plans agreed with registered therapy staff.
  • Train and educate patients, carers and families under the direction of registered staff.

Skills

Motivated
Enthusiastic
Physically able to move and handle patients

Job description

6 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to work as a full time Rehabilitation Support Worker within stroke and neurological rehabilitation on a Permanent contract.

Why work with us - The post will be a rotational post working on the George Earle Acute stroke ward, Templer ward rehabilitation Unit and within the Community Neuro Rehab Teams. The Stroke and neuro Unit at Newton Abbot Hospital has 20 stroke and neurology beds and provides post-acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation prior to discharge to the community. The acute stroke unit is at Torbay Hospital, providing acute stroke care and assessment. The community team supports ongoing rehabilitation in peoples own homes and in the outpatient department. The service is part of the continuum of care in South Devon and has been recognised nationally as an example of good practice.

You will work alongside qualified physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists in delivering rehabilitation programmes. You will need to be hard working and physically able to move and handle patients.

Role

The primary function of this role is to ensure that opportunities for patients to rehabilitate are optimised during their stay in the stroke units or with the community neuro team. Under the direction of the interdisciplinary team the post-holder will:

  • Assist registered staff in assessment and therapy tasks
  • Implement treatment plans agreed with registered therapy staff, including overseeing and assisting with physical exercise, personal care (e.g. washing, toileting) and practice of domestic activities of daily living and the use of technologies such as computing, and supporting communication and safe swallowing
  • As part of their rehabilitation, work with patients with cognitive and/or perceptual difficulties
  • Train and educate patients, carers and families under the direction of registered staff
  • Helping and supporting colleagues to work well together to achieve common goals and objectives
  • To act as a role model, valuing everyone’s opinion and experiences
  • To seek out, recognise and value the contributions of others and the role they play in a patient’s life

This role is rotational working in Torbay Hospital, Newton Abbot Hospital and across the Torbay and South Devon Community. This role includes shifts rostered to work Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people’s strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our Torbay and South Devon Team. #CareToJoinUsTSD

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wilmie Jacobs Job title: Band 7 Neuro Occupational Therapist Email address: wilmie.jacobs@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803655046

Working Mon- Thursday

Seniority level
  • Seniority level
    Entry level
Employment type
  • Employment type
    Contract
Job function
  • Job function
    Other
  • Industries
    Hospitals and Health Care

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust by 2x

Sign in to set job alerts for “Support Associate” roles.

Continue with Google Continue with Google

Continue with Google Continue with Google

Registration Officer Births, Deaths Marriages and Civil Partnerships - 22.20 hours

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Healthcare Support Worker - Templer Ward

Newton Abbot, England, United Kingdom 5 days ago

Westcott, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Newton Abbot, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago

Healthcare Support Worker New Forrest Ward

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Newton Abbot, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Paignton, England, United Kingdom 9 hours ago

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Chudleigh, England, United Kingdom 8 hours ago

Laboratory Customer Support Administrator

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 3 months ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Exmouth, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

East Devon, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

East Devon, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 5 days ago

Business Support Officer - Sector Led Improvement

Torquay, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Torbay, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Paignton, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Exeter, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.

Get your free, confidential resume review.
or drag and drop a PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, or PAGES file up to 5MB.