Rehabilitation assistant

Job summary

Are you a passionate person who enjoys making the difference regarding people's recovery and the positive impact that their journey from hospital to home might cause in their wellbeing? Do you feel rewarded by supporting patients to enhance their functionality and to achieve their personalised goals? We are pleased to announce this exciting opportunity to join to our lovely team and to contribute with your experience to it.

We are looking to recruit a band 3 rehabilitation assistant to join as part of our friendly in-patient rehab team, based in the intermediate care service at West Mendip Hospital

Our team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehab assistants and discharge facilitators. As part of a MDT, you will also be in touch with nurses, HCAs, pharmacists and social workers.

The post holder may be required to work in other intermediate care locations

The post holder may be required to work weekends and bank holidays

Main duties of the job

• To work alongside with therapists and other members of the team on treatment programmes, working with the individual patients/groups.

  To contribute towards activities and programmes which will help patients to improve their functionality by hands-off approach and feed back to you seniors

  To build a rapport with patients and relatives aiming to achieve a better understanding of patients social circumstances to ascertain a safe and adequate discharge.

  To walk alongside our patients in their own rehabilitation journey from admission to discharge, heading towards re-gain confidence, functionality, and ability to be as independent as possible.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!