Rehabilitation Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post is a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant, working within in Rapid Response multi-professional team within Gateshead.

The post holder will work effectively within a multi-disciplinary/agency team attending to patients identified as requiring an urgent or rapid intervention to prevent their health and wellbeing deterioration. In addition, there will be planned activity to provide hands on care and holistic assessment to prevent avoidable admission to hospital, and/or long-term care and to maximise patient independence.

This post is designed to support the Rapid Response Team Lead fulfil their objectives, ensuring the fundamentals of care are provided at the point of contact and will ensure delivery of a range of appropriate interventions to be able to meet the needs of the patients health and wellbeing, within the community setting. Patients accessing the service will have complex needs and potentially numerous co-morbidities including frailty, palliative and EOL care needs.

This post will contribute to the safe delivery of a Rapid Response Service working flexibly over 7 days per week. The post holder will support the Senior Team in the safe and effective delivery of their role in unscheduled, intermediate care, palliative and EOL care environment.

Dimensions

To provide support and appropriate interventions to patients in the community setting to improve their health and maximise their level of independence.

To work closely with the nursing, physiotherapist and occupational therapists to support programmes of rehabilitation, reablement, recovery and health promotion thereby reducing the need for unnecessary hospital admission/ attendance and long-term care.

To ensure optimum health and wellbeing by encouraging nutrition, hydration and medical compliance of patients and maintain daily records according to Trust policy.

To ensure that the highest level of patient care is achieved at all times in the most effective manner

The duties will be carried out in the community setting under the supervision and guidance of a Therapist/Nurse however the post holder will be expected to work alone with access to professional advice and guidance when required.

To carry an allocated patient caseload under the supervision of qualified staff and Supervise/motivate patients in activities relating to agreed treatment protocols.

The post holder will provide vital support to the Rapid Response Team with integrated seamless services within community settings working in partnership with local authorities, other health care providers, GP practices and the acute Trust,

The post holder will work with the Rapid Response Team Lead, and the multidisciplinary team, they will also liaise with multiple stakeholders in order to ensure that the day to day co-ordination and delivery of service is in a timely and professional manner.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the Rapid Response Team, there will be a need to understand and undertake administration and co-ordination of tasks within the Rapid Response Team as and when required.

The post holder will need to demonstrate the ability to use initiative, utilise IT systems and ensure effective and timely in a professional manner

• To work single-handed in the community to follow up/monitor identified clients.
• Undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.
• Support the Rapid Response Team with the day to day delivery of a range of therapy interventions to patients within the community setting.
• To support the point of contact ensuring patients receive care at the right time, right place, by staff with the right skills.
• Support the Rapid Response team lead in the development of any new ways if working that will ultimately improve patient care as and when required.
• Support the development and delivery of the community transformation Project including the implementation of robust working practices processes, audit and lessons learned.

The post will be based in Gateshead. The post holder will be expected to travel to patients living within the borough of Gateshead and locally, if the patient is registered with a Gateshead GP.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly over 7 days to deliver service needs

General Professional Duties:

• To support training and development.
• To maintain personal professional competency and appropriate development.
• To carry out the duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Trust policies.
• Required to comply with all relevant national and local statutory and

mandatory requirements including Health & Safety and Infection Control

The post will involve regular travel locally and the post holder will be required to work flexibly to support theRapid Response Team. This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder will be asked to carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE at grade c/4 or above in Maths and English
• full drivers license
• NVQ level 3 in health or social care or equivalent

knowledge and skills

Essential

• basic IT skills
• good verbal and written communication skills
• organisational and time management skills
• problem solving skills
• understanding of rehab and the needs of people with physical problems
• flexible team worker
• able to work on own initiative
• able to identify and appropriately minimise risk

Desirable

• understanding of assistive equipment

Experience

Essential

• experience of working with older people to support rehab needs
• experience with adults with long term conditions or falls
• experience of team working
• experience of working in a healthcare/social care environment

Desirable

• experience of working in the NHS
• experience of delivering therapy/rehab in a hospital or community setting.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bensham Hospital

Fontwell Drive

Gateshead

NE8 4YL

Employer's website

https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)