Rehabilitation Assistant

Job summary

To provide effective support to Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to deliver quality rehabilitation plans.

To work with patients undertaking rehabilitation programmes to support and encourage them to achieve their optimum level of independence and quality of life, as directed by team therapists

To work with patients in a range of community locations, including community hospitals, care home rehabilitation units and mainly in service users own homes with overall supervision from rehabilitation professionals.

Main duties of the job

You will be based in Bridgwater hospital community rehabilitation service. Your work will support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to carry out specific rehabilitation interventions, working towards patients own personalised goals.

You will see patients in a range of community locations carrying out activities to promote independence, deliver exercise programmes and support personal and domestic activities of daily living. You may deliver equipment to patients and practice their use with it.

You will carry a caseload of patients and have supervision with a therapist to oversee your practice.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks 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. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!