Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant

Wirral Community Health & Care Nhs Foundation Trustare; Birkenhead; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a role within the Home First Therapy Service. The post supports rapid assessment and rehabilitation for people in their homes and community settings and works under direction of qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

The role focuses on delivering delegated therapy programmes, progressing exercises, enabling admission avoidance, and facilitating timely hospital discharge through reablement and

Responsibilities

• Deliver delegated rehabilitation programmes, progressing exercises and functional activities within agreed competency.
• Support admission avoidance and facilitate timely hospital discharge through reablement and rehabilitation interventions.
• Carry out delegated rehabilitation programmes in patients' homes or community settings.
• Support patients with mobility, transfers, and activities of daily living (ADLs).
• Progress exercise and functional rehabilitation programmes as directed by qualified therapists.
• Encourage independence, confidence, and self-management in daily tasks.
• Assist with early mobility and functional recovery following illness, injury, or hospital admission.

Job description

• To support the Home First Therapy Service in delivering rapid assessment and rehabilitation to people in their own homes and community settings.
• To work under the direction of qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to deliver agreed treatment programmes.
• To support admission avoidance and facilitate timely hospital discharge through reablement and rehabilitation interventions.
• To deliver delegated therapy programmes, progressing exercises and functional activities within agreed competency.
• To contribute to safe, effective, and timely patient flow through the urgent community therapy pathway.
• Carry out delegated rehabilitation programmes in patients' homes or community settings.
• Support patients with mobility, transfers, and activities of daily living (ADLs).
• Progress exercise and functional rehabilitation programmes as directed by qualified therapists.
• Encourage independence, confidence, and self-management in daily tasks.
• Assist with early mobility and functional recovery following illness, injury, or hospital admission.
• Support therapy-led assessments and interventions in the community.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas. As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.