Senior Rehabilitation Support Worker - Community Rehabilitation Team

NHS National Services Scotland; Kirkintilloch; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join NHS Scotland as a Senior Rehabilitation Support Worker within the Rapid Assessment Link team. You will perform assessments, implement treatment programs, and guide patients and families on rehabilitation. This part-time role (29.6 hours) offers training and support, promoting patient care within the community.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills are essential.
• SVQ in Health and Social Care is required.
• Competencies in Physio and OT rehab support are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct baseline assessments and present findings to the multidisciplinary team.
• Implement treatment programmes and provide advice to patients and carers.
• Support rehabilitation in intermediate care beds.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Education

SVQ in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this position Monday to Friday

The hours of this post are 29.6 (Please note the salary is Pro Rata) for part time hours.

A Senior Rehabilitation Support Worker post has become available within the Rapid Assessment Link team within the East Dunbartonshire Community Rehabilitation Team. The service provides an integrated assessment and response function to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, facilitate timely discharge and provide a period of rehabilitation within the community.The senior rehab support worker will carry out baseline assessments, using an agreed framework and present the findings to the multidisciplinary team to enable decision making with regard to future team interventions. They will implement treatment programmes for patients and provide advice to patients and their carers on a range of patient conditions, forms of therapy providing empathy and reassurance. This role also supports the rehabilitation within the intermediate care beds in Westerton Care Home.The post holder may also be delegated appropriate tasks by professionally qualified team members including Physiotherapist, Dietician, Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Nurse, and Team Leader. Training, supervision and support will be provided to enable the post holder to work within their agreed competence levels. You should have attained an SVQ in Health and Social Care or equivalent and have good communication skills. Physio and OT rehab support worker competencies are desirable. A current Driving Licence is required for this post.

Informal contact: Cara Bottomley 0141 232 8213

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

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