Senior Rehab Assistant - Neuro ESD

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare organization in Southampton seeks a Senior Rehabilitation Assistant to join their Neuro Early Supported Discharge Team. This role involves delivering intensive rehabilitation to patients recently discharged from hospital due to neurological conditions, aiding in their recovery through personalized programs. The position requires collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and a qualification in rehabilitation techniques. The salary is competitive within the NHS framework.

Qualifications

• Experience in rehabilitation techniques for neurological conditions.
• Competent in patient observation and reporting.
• Strong communication skills to educate clients and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide rehab interventions for patients with strokes and neurological diagnoses.
• Assist clients with rehab programmes and daily living activities.
• Observe progress and report any issues to the team.

Skills

Rehabilitation techniques

Patient observation

Education and teaching

Safe moving and handling

Education

Foundation Degree/Diploma or NVQ 3

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Rehab Assistant - Neuro ESD

The closing date is 15 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Rehabilitation Assistant to join the Neuro Early Supported Discharge Team.

The Neuro ESD Team is a multidisciplinary team providing specialist intensive rehab to clients with acute stroke and other neurological conditions on discharge from hospital or as community admission avoidance.

The post holder will be working alongside a team of Physio's, Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Rehab Assistants & Admin, working the Southampton and West Hampshire areas.

The team provides six-week intensive neurorehabilitation to individuals with a stroke or Neurological diagnosis, who have been newly discharged from hospital or are at risk of admission into hospital. Care is delivered in a client's own home or alternative community setting.

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday with the expectation for some weekend working.

Only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service, Isle of Wight NHS FT or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

For more information, please contact Debbie Beckerley: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

To provide Senior Rehab Assistant intervention to a specified caseload of patients with Stroke and Neurological diagnosis as part of a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, delivering intensive neuro-rehab intervention programmes based upon individualised patient goals.

Assist clients with rehab programmes e.g. following prescribed exercise programmes (individual and small groups), activities of daily living, mobility and transfer practice. This to be achieved through education and teaching which encourage and empower clients and their carers to reach an optimum level of self-management.

Observe client progress against planned goals and report changes of achievement or those that may indicate a deterioration in a client's condition / situation e.g. on a routine (hand-over meetings) or urgent basis (immediately) depending on the priority.

Carry out safe moving and handling practice, on a daily basis and requiring moderate effort, in accordance with planned programmes of care and Trust policies.

Follow instructions given for fitting and operation of basic equipment once assessed as competent to do so, as required by registered staff, and train clients, carers and other staff members in its safe use e.g. walking frame, toilet seat raise.

When within the community setting (e.g. within a client's home) work as a lone practitioner with telephone support.

Seek advice from more experienced colleagues when faced with matters outside of sphere of responsibility, knowledge or skills.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree/Diploma or NVQ 3 with experience equivalent to a foundation degree level.

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.

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year — based on full time hours