Rehabilitation Support Worker | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Shefford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Shefford is seeking a compassionate therapy support worker to assist clients in their rehabilitation goals. This role includes working within a multidisciplinary team, monitoring client progress, and administering care under established protocols. The ideal candidate should demonstrate empathy, strong communication skills, and a commitment to patient-centered care. This position requires flexibility to work various shift patterns.

Qualifications

• Ability to support clients in achieving personal therapy rehabilitation goals.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of therapeutic care plans and chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in developing and implementing rehabilitation goals.
• Monitor client progress and provide feedback to families and the team.
• Administer basic wound care and medication as per Trust policy.

Skills

Empathy

Communication skills

Self-management

Job description

• Support clients to work towards and achieve their personal therapy rehabilitation goals.

• Works within the multidisciplinary team in a primary care setting including clients’ homes, residential homes and clinics.

• Assists and carries out delegated duties in line with provision of quality evidence-based practice to clients, which includes following agreed protocols to assist with implementing and progressing set therapeutic care plans and chronic disease management reviews with the aligned caseload.

• To work a variety of shift patterns which includes weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. Core working hours are 8-4pm and 1-9pm, 7 days a week.

• Responsible for implementing and supporting rehab plans written by Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Nurses.

• To involve clients and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programmes and encourage self-management where appropriate.

• Contributes to client goal planning sessions and shows initiative in areas where competent and as agreed by senior staff.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
• Shows good understanding of communicating in difficult circumstances with empathy and sensitivity in an understanding and factual way.
• To form professional relationships with clients and communicate condition related information to them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
• Monitors client’s progress, giving prompt feedback to family, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
• Manages own delegated caseload, duties and travel throughout Bedfordshire, reprioritising as necessary.
• Supports and works on behalf of, different health professionals within the Integrated Community Services.
• Undertakes training and works within agreed competencies providing therapyrelated care to clients delegated by registered nurses as required, including:
• Basic Wound care management
• Catheter Management
• Bowel and stoma care management
• Eye care
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Clinical Observations
• Medicines Support


• Assist and perform relevant diagnostic procedures as requested by appropriate clinicians.
• Identify relevant basic equipment and feedback to case holder with appropriate clinical reasoning.
• Deliver, fit and demonstrate basic equipment to client and appropriate others, ensuring client safety.
• Assists with or administers as required prescribed medication according to Trust policy


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025