Rehabilitation Support Worker

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Band 3 Rehabilitation Support Worker to enhance home-based rehabilitation services. This role involves working with a multidisciplinary team to implement care plans and provide support to clients with varied health needs. The successful candidate will have opportunities for professional development in a clinician-led environment.

Benefits

Extensive training and development opportunities

Annual performance development reviews

Qualifications

• Evidence of literacy / numeracy to GCSE or equivalent.
• NVQ II or equivalent skills in relevant subjects.
• Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support senior clinicians in creating and implementing rehabilitation programs.
• Work with clients in their homes, promote independence.
• Implement care plans and report any changes to relevant professionals.

Skills

IT literacy

Communication

Autonomy

Education

NVQ II or equivalent skills in relevant subjects

GCSE or equivalent in literacy / numeracy

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Rehabilitation Support Worker

The closing date is 07 July 2025

We are looking for a Band 3 Rehabilitation Support Worker to join us in our expanding and award winning services, which provide healthcare at home and prevents admission into our hospital and support discharge home.

You will be supported by our Team Lead and have access to professional support within our services. This is an excellent opportunity for clinically supported development within a Trust that is clinician-led, and strives to provide the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its healthcare services. Our services:

The Reablement and rehabilitation service provide reablement care and rehabilitation at home to adults aged 18 years and older who live in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, South London. The people that we support have a range of diagnoses and clinical presentations, including falls, orthopaedic, respiratory, frailty and neurological conditions.

Main duties of the job

• To support senior clinicians in the assessment, planning, implementation and review of individual rehabilitation and care programmes for clients.
• To independently implement these rehabilitation and care programmes as appropriate.
• Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care and domestic tasks, delivering small items of equipment and documenting interventions accurately in notes in line with Trust guidelines
• To treat clients, often unsupervised, according to agreed care plans and protocols.
• To report back to the relevant professional or team leader as required, regarding any changes in the client's condition.
• To seek timely advice and support as appropriate.
• To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Social Workers and/or team leaders in a variety of settings primarily in the clients home or community.
• To communicate effectively with clients and their carers; particularly clients with impairments, which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.

Please read the job description and Person specification for more details.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.

The Trust offers our clinical support staff extensive training from a wide range of areas including:

o Opportunity to complete a Diploma in Allied Health Profession Support

o A Trust induction programme

o Local induction to the department and specialty

o An annual performance development review with a 6-monthly review

o Specialised in-service training programmes

o Completion of a Care certificate for Support Staff:

o Provide you with an induction mentor

Job responsibilities

• To implement rehabilitation and / or care interventions to clients in their homes for a period of up to six weeks. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching or supporting prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care or domestic tasks.
• To work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team and undertake delegated tasks from the Flow Coordinator and qualified practitioners across all disciplines from Health and Social Care as appropriate.
• To communicate effectively with clients, their carers and family members, particularly clients with impairments which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.
• To maintain close working relationships with MDT practitioners to enable effective and timely communication regarding patient care.
• To notify the appropriate Senior Practitioner immediately of any changes in health of clients to ensure their safety and wellbeing at all times.
• To report any changes in progress of clients to ensure that favourable outcomes are met.
• To work as an autonomous RSW implementing and evaluating holistic pre-formulated care plans to clients in the community.
• To be aware of limitations of own practice and seek advice and guidance from senior therapists/managers as needed.
• To assess and manage clinical, physical and/or environmental risk to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and clients at all times. To adhere to incident reporting procedures.
• Participate in annual appraisal and performance development reviews (PDR) maintaining records to evidence development.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Evidence of literacy / numeracy to GCSE or equivalent
• NVQ II or equivalent skills in relevant subjects e.g. biology, social care And/ Or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care

Experience

• Previous experience of working with adults with disabilities or significant health needs.
• Experience in administrative work e.g. filing, scanning, message-taking.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Fit and able to perform duties requiring a moderate to intense level of physical activity over a sustained period of time including travel around the borough and clinical tasks
• Able to travel across a range of community settings with equipment and mobile devices to the standard required.
• Able and willing to work weekends and non-traditional shift patterns as required.
• Previous experience in the provision of care and/or rehabilitation interventions
• Experience of working in the community/of lone working
• UK driving licence

Skills

• IT literacy i.e. Internet, email, Word, Excel
• Ability to communicate with clients and their families with barriers to communication and in challenging situations.
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own work
• Ability to identify symptoms of changing condition among clients and take appropriate and timely action.
• Able to move clients and equipment in line with Manual Handling Guidelines.

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£30,039 to £31,088 a yearp.a. inc. HCA (pro rata)