Rehabilitation Support Worker | East London NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Shefford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in England seeks individuals to support clients in rehabilitation. Responsibilities include implementing therapy plans, monitoring progress, and working in various settings. Candidates should possess empathy, good communication, and organizational skills. Flexibility for weekend shifts is required. This role is part of a mission to enhance the quality of life for clients and their families.

Qualifications

• Understanding of therapy rehabilitation goals and chronic disease management.
• Ability to work with clients in a professional manner while respecting their autonomy.
• Experience in supporting rehabilitation plans and working within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in achieving therapy rehabilitation goals.
• Implement and support rehab plans created by healthcare professionals.
• Monitor client progress and communicate updates to the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Organizational skills

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 Thursday 21 Aug 2025