Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Rehabilitation Assistant

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Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic Rehabilitation Assistant with a passion for providing and developing high quality coordinated health, care and community services for local people? We may have the opportunity you are looking for. Exciting opportunities are now available to work in a purpose built rehabilitation and nursing unit - Albion Mill in Blackburn.

Intermediate Care at Albion Mill is a true Health and Social Care Partnership between the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (BwD), Local Primary Care (LPC) GP Federation and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT). It is based within a brand new state of the art facility which also offers Extra Care Accommodation and a vibrant Community Hub with a full range of services from a community caf, wellbeing services, hair salon and much muchmore, right in the heart of Ewood, Blackburn.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to ensure local people who are in need of a short period of intense rehabilitation receive effective care in a safe co-ordinated way.

Using your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will develop excellent working relationships with a range of health, care and community partners and expertly attend regular multi-disciplinary team meetings to ensure local people and patients achieve positive outcomes.

Applicants are required to have a relevant professional qualification, excellent leadership skills and experience of working with adults including undertaking case management, care co-ordination and multi-disciplinary team working. An ability to work independently, be a positive role model & demonstrate the Trusts values is essential.

Virtual recruitment Q&A session 5th May 11am 1pm. This session is for those interested in finding out more about the new services and posts available. If you are interested please email recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

28 April 2021

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£19,737 to £21,142 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-PEN020-KE

Job locations

Albion Mill

Blackburn

BB2 1PP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Good general education to GCSE standard or equivalent
NVQ level 3 in health related area of practice or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to communicate and present information in a clear and concise manner in writing and verbally
Knowledge of lone working and associated risk management

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with adults and older people
Experience of working within a Health / Social Care environment

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Good general education to GCSE standard or equivalent
NVQ level 3 in health related area of practice or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to communicate and present information in a clear and concise manner in writing and verbally
Knowledge of lone working and associated risk management

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with adults and older people
Experience of working within a Health / Social Care environment

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Albion Mill

Blackburn

BB2 1PP

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Albion Mill

Blackburn

BB2 1PP

Employer's website

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