Job summary
Intermediate Care Lambeth
We are looking for a Band 3 Rehabilitation Support Worker to join us in our expanding and award winning services, which provide healthcare at home and prevents admission into our hospital and support discharge home.
You will be supported by our Team Lead and have access to professional support within our services. This is an excellent opportunity for clinically supported development within a Trust that is clinician-led, and strives to provide the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its healthcare services. Our services:
The Reablement and rehabilitation service provide care and rehabilitation at home to adults aged 18 years and older who live in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, South London. The people that we support have a range of diagnoses and clinical presentations, including falls, orthopaedic, respiratory, frailty and neurological conditions.
Main duties of the job
- To support senior clinicians in the assessment, planning, implementation and review of individual rehabilitation and care programmes for clients.
- To independently implement these rehabilitation and care programmes as appropriate.
- Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care and domestic tasks, delivering small items of equipment and documenting interventions accurately in notes in line with Trust guidelines
- To treat clients, often unsupervised, according to agreed care plans and protocols.
- To report back to the relevant professional or team leader as required, regarding any changes in the client's condition.
- To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Social Workers and/or team leaders in a variety of settings primarily in the clients home or community.
- To communicate effectively with clients and their carers; particularly clients with impairments, which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.
Please read the job description and Person specification for more details.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.
The Trust offers our clinical support staff extensive training from a wide range of areas including:
o Opportunity to complete a Diploma in Allied Health Profession Support
o Apprenticeship schemes:
o Comprehensive competency programs
o A Trust induction programme
o Local induction to the department and specialty
o An annual performance development review with a 6-monthly review
o Specialised in-service training programmes
o Peer support
o Completion of a Care certificate for Support Staff:
o Provide you with an induction mentor
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To implement rehabilitation and / or care interventions to clients in their homes for a period of up to six weeks. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching or supporting prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care or domestic tasks.
- To work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team and undertake delegated tasks from the Flow Coordinator and qualified practitioners across all disciplines from Health and Social Care as appropriate.
- To communicate effectively with clients, their carers and family members, particularly clients with impairments which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.
- To maintain close working relationships with MDT practitioners to enable effective and timely communication regarding patient care.
- To notify the appropriate Senior Practitioner immediately of any changes in health of clients to ensure their safety and wellbeing at all times.
- To report any changes in progress of clients to ensure that favourable outcomes are met.
- To work as an autonomous RSW implementing and evaluating holistic pre-formulated care plans to clients in the community.
- To be aware of limitations of own practice and seek advice and guidance from senior therapists/managers as needed.
- To assess and manage clinical, physical and/or environmental risk to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and clients at all times. To adhere to incident reporting procedures.
- Actively participate in regular structured supervision including one-to-one, shadowing opportunities and group supervision. Produce regular reflective logs as required and maintain a learning log of all CPD activities.
- Be responsible for identifying own training and development needs in line with service needs and Therapy Assistant competencies with regular guidance from supervisors, by attending regular in-services in addition to ad-hoc training as appropriate.
- Participate in annual appraisal and performance development reviews (PDR) maintaining records to evidence development
- Work within local and national Allied Health professional code of ethics, code of conduct and standards of practice for support staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To implement rehabilitation and / or care interventions to clients in their homes for a period of up to six weeks. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching or supporting prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care or domestic tasks.
- To work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team and undertake delegated tasks from the Flow Coordinator and qualified practitioners across all disciplines from Health and Social Care as appropriate.
- To communicate effectively with clients, their carers and family members, particularly clients with impairments which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.
- To maintain close working relationships with MDT practitioners to enable effective and timely communication regarding patient care.
- To notify the appropriate Senior Practitioner immediately of any changes in health of clients to ensure their safety and wellbeing at all times.
- To report any changes in progress of clients to ensure that favourable outcomes are met.
- To work as an autonomous RSW implementing and evaluating holistic pre-formulated care plans to clients in the community.
- To be aware of limitations of own practice and seek advice and guidance from senior therapists/managers as needed.
- To assess and manage clinical, physical and/or environmental risk to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and clients at all times. To adhere to incident reporting procedures.
- Actively participate in regular structured supervision including one-to-one, shadowing opportunities and group supervision. Produce regular reflective logs as required and maintain a learning log of all CPD activities.
- Be responsible for identifying own training and development needs in line with service needs and Therapy Assistant competencies with regular guidance from supervisors, by attending regular in-services in addition to ad-hoc training as appropriate.
- Participate in annual appraisal and performance development reviews (PDR) maintaining records to evidence development
- Work within local and national Allied Health professional code of ethics, code of conduct and standards of practice for support staff.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- IT literacy i.e. Internet, email, Word, Excel
- Ability to communicate with clients and their families with barriers to communication and in challenging situations.
- Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own work
- Ability to identify symptoms of changing condition among clients and take appropriate and timely action.
- Able to move clients and equipment in line with Manual Handling Guidelines.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with adults with disabilities or significant health needs.
- Experience in administrative work e.g. filing, scanning, message-taking.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Fit and able to perform duties requiring a moderate to intense level of physical activity over a sustained period of time including travel around the borough and clinical tasks
- Able to travel across a range of community settings with equipment and mobile devices to the standard required.
- Able and willing to work weekends and non-traditional shift patterns as required.
Desirable
- Previous experience in the provision of care and/or rehabilitation interventions
- Experience of working in the community/of lone working
- UK driving licence
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of literacy / numeracy to GCSE or equivalent
- NVQ II or equivalent skills in relevant subjects e.g. biology, social care And/ Or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care
Desirable
- NVQ III Minimum of 18 months of relevant work experience
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- IT literacy i.e. Internet, email, Word, Excel
- Ability to communicate with clients and their families with barriers to communication and in challenging situations.
- Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own work
- Ability to identify symptoms of changing condition among clients and take appropriate and timely action.
- Able to move clients and equipment in line with Manual Handling Guidelines.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with adults with disabilities or significant health needs.
- Experience in administrative work e.g. filing, scanning, message-taking.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Fit and able to perform duties requiring a moderate to intense level of physical activity over a sustained period of time including travel around the borough and clinical tasks
- Able to travel across a range of community settings with equipment and mobile devices to the standard required.
- Able and willing to work weekends and non-traditional shift patterns as required.
Desirable
- Previous experience in the provision of care and/or rehabilitation interventions
- Experience of working in the community/of lone working
- UK driving licence
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of literacy / numeracy to GCSE or equivalent
- NVQ II or equivalent skills in relevant subjects e.g. biology, social care And/ Or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care
Desirable
- NVQ III Minimum of 18 months of relevant work experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
