Rehabilitation Support Worker | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Rehabilitation Support Worker to join our therapists on the wards. You will support physiotherapists and occupational therapists, participate in assessment and treatment planning, and contribute to high-quality patient care in a busy hospital setting.

The role involves working within a large, friendly team across diverse clinical areas, with a commitment to Our WeCare values and a focus on empowering patients to live their best life while maintaining a

Responsibilities

• Assessing and treating patients with a wide range of presentations.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support therapy services on the wards.
• Rotational post on an annual basis, moving between medicine, orthopaedics, stroke, older people, surgery & amputees, musculoskeletal and emergency therapy.

Job description

Rehabilitation Support Worker | Barts Health NHS Trust

We have an exciting role working alongside our physiotherapists & occupational therapists in our integrated team. We are looking for someone dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated to support the team in providing therapy services on the wards.

The therapy department’s vision statement is:

“To be the heart of NEL, empowering people to live their best life, committed to innovative development of our staff and services with transparency. Think of us as part of your caring family as we are proud to be one.”

Do you have experience working within a physical health setting or have a foundation degree in rehabilitation or similar and looking for your next challenge? If so, this could be your next career move.

As part of the recruitment process for this post, candidates will be required to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.

This role will involve you working closely with the multidisciplinary team, assessing and treating patients with a wide range of presentations. You should be adaptable, flexible, have a great sense of humour and enjoy working as part of a large friendly team in a busy environment. The role is a rotational post on an annual basis. The teams that this role will rotate into are medicine, orthopaedics, stroke, older people, surgery & amputees, musculoskeletal and emergency therapy.

To assist the therapy team in providing a high standard service to patients, by supporting the multi-professional team assisting in the assessment and implementation of treatment programmes and care plans for patients.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Oct 2026