Rehabilitation Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Rehabilitation Support Worker / Healthcare Assistant Band 3 Joint Emergency Team, Woolwich Full Time: 37.50 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to join our integrated team and support the collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Borough of Greenwich and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

This post will work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, including health and social care colleagues to meet the needs of clients referred to the Joint EmergencyTeam, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.

This post will involve assisting the physiotherapy occupational therapy and nursing staff in delivering rehabilitation programme, treatment sessions, supporting activities of daily living and undertake clinical nursing activities.

Main duties of the job

Assist patient with activities of daily living
To work closely with the registered therapists, nurses and widerMDT.
Support the implementation if care plans; including therapy plans.
Engage patients in therapeutic activities, monitoring their physicaland mental state and progress.
Undertake appropriately delegated clinical tasks once deemedcompetent i.e. Venepuncture - urinalyses - wound care - monitorblood pressure - temperature - pulse - respiratory rate - bloodsugar - (administer enoxaparin this is not essential but may berequired in the future band 3 HCA's are administering in thecommunity).
To engage in supervision, reflecting on and modifying practicewhere indicated
To promote independence and wellbeing for the patients to regaintheir previous level of independence as quickly as possible.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

19 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£28,622 to £30,225 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-6990023-CPH

Job locations

Woolwich Centre

Wellington Street

London

SE18 6HQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assist patient with activities of daily living
To work closely with the registered therapists, nurses and wider MDT.
Support the implementation if care plans; including therapy plans.
Engage patients in therapeutic activities, monitoring their physical and mental state and progress.
Undertake appropriately delegated clinical tasks once deemed competent i.e. Venepuncture urinalyses wound care monitor blood pressure temperature pulse respiratory rate blood sugar
To engage in supervision, reflecting on and modifying practice where indicated
To promote independence and wellbeing for the patients to regain their previous level of independence as quickly as possible.

You will be working under the direct supervision of the Registered Therapists and Nurses.

You must have basic computer literacy and be able to document care delivered on RiO.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assist patient with activities of daily living
To work closely with the registered therapists, nurses and wider MDT.
Support the implementation if care plans; including therapy plans.
Engage patients in therapeutic activities, monitoring their physical and mental state and progress.
Undertake appropriately delegated clinical tasks once deemed competent i.e. Venepuncture urinalyses wound care monitor blood pressure temperature pulse respiratory rate blood sugar
To engage in supervision, reflecting on and modifying practice where indicated
To promote independence and wellbeing for the patients to regain their previous level of independence as quickly as possible.

You will be working under the direct supervision of the Registered Therapists and Nurses.

You must have basic computer literacy and be able to document care delivered on RiO.

Person Specification

Education Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or previous experience in the role

Experience

Essential

12 months NHS Experience or other relevant experience eg social care

Desirable

Experience of working in the Community

Skills

Essential

Understanding of the safeguarding agenda
Car driver

Person Specification

Education Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or previous experience in the role

Experience

Essential

12 months NHS Experience or other relevant experience eg social care

Desirable

Experience of working in the Community

Skills

Essential

Understanding of the safeguarding agenda
Car driver

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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