Therapy Rehabilitation Assistant

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Greater London is seeking a dedicated individual for a community physiotherapy role. The position requires managing a caseload of patients and working collaboratively with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in delivering effective care. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, providing rehabilitation programs, and ensuring patient progress through evaluation. Ideal candidates will possess strong teamwork and communication skills, along with relevant clinical experience. Join us to make a difference in community health.

Qualifications

• Experience in community physiotherapy and working with multi-professional teams.
• Ability to evaluate patient progress and adapt interventions accordingly.
• Skills in running therapeutic programs and equipment provision.

Responsibilities

• Manage a designated caseload of patients and provide therapeutic activities.
• Conduct clinical work as delegated by therapists.
• Support patients in their home environment for treatment and assessments.

Skills

Team collaboration

Patient assessment

Rehabilitation techniques

Communication skills

Education

Relevant clinical education

Job description

Overview

The post holder will be an integral member of the Enfield Adult Community Physiotherapy and Adult Neurological Therapy teams. The post holder will be developed to take short term responsibility for the effective planning and delivery of care to patients in cooperation with other team members and in communication with other clinical team leaders. The post holder will be required to support clinicians in running gym-based groups and education programmes and also to visit patients in their own homes to carry out prescribed treatment and assess for and provide appropriate O/T equipment or mobility aids directly or by prescription. The post holder will work alone and will be required to use a degree of initiative while working within the parameters of the team\'s policies and procedures. The post holder may be required to work at times in other services dependent on integration and service need. The post holder will be an integral member of the multi professional teams, which is in partnership with the voluntary sector in delivering and their carers.

• To undertake clinical work delegated from the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
• To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients.
• To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of community based therapeutic activities.
• To contribute to all stages of the therapeutic process including: Referral taking and information gathering through liaison with clients, their informal carers, and colleagues from health and other agencies.
• Completing simple assessments, through interview and observation of functional tasks.
• Identifying needs and forming goals and plans for interventions.
• Completing a wide range of interventions including: giving advice; home exercise programmes; rehabilitation programmes; equipment provision; and simple home adaptations, such as banister rails and half steps.
• Evaluate client progress through regular re-assessment and ensure continuous progression by graded activity.
• Contribute to formal therapy assessments and provide feedback.
• Review of clients after completion of minor adaptations to home environment.
• Discharge planning and discharge.

North Mid in the community is part of Royal Free London group and North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. As with other ICSs, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

Organisation and context

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George\'s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities. This role is within the community, under North Mid in the community. The role is based within the London Borough of Enfield EN2. Enfield has great road transport links A10, A406, M25 and A1/M1 and easily accessible bus, train and tube links.