Rehabilitation Support Worker
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Job summary
Rehabilitation Support Worker - Band 3
Melksham Community Team
37.5 Hours per week - Permanent
Could you support patients when they return home from hospital? Are you keen to help prevent people being admitted to hospital? Would you like to be a valued member of our forward-thinking community team? If so, then come and join our Home First programme.
We need a Rehab Support Workers trained to NVQ III standard (or equivalent) or a commitment to undertake the training. We want to meet applicants keen to develop into this rehabilitation role or who have existing transferrable skills.
Main duties of the job
Youll be part of the Melksham and Bradford on Avon Community team. You will be supported by our Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Nurses and will work alongside our Assistant Practitioners and existing Support Workers. You will play a vital role helping people to rehabilitate and regain their independence in their own homes.
If you have experience in front line NHS community patient care then thats great but its not essential. We want enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking people who can work flexibly and efficiently. We would like you to have effective communication skills, good IT knowledge, and the enthusiasm to develop.
Wiltshire Health and Care is developing training specific for these roles and will provide you with a supportive, friendly and happy environment in which to learn new skills.
The community teams deliver services from 7am to 10pm, seven days a week. You will work shifts 8-4, 2-10 or 1-9. You will work 2 weekends per month.
You can also contact me directly for an informal chat.
Kate Payne,
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!
Details
Date posted
28 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9085-WHC-21683
Job locations
Melksham Community Hospital
Spa Road
Melksham
Wiltshire
SN12 7NZ
Employer details
Employer name
Wiltshire Health and Care LLP
Address
Melksham Community Hospital
Spa Road
Melksham
Wiltshire
SN12 7NZ
Employer's website
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