Rehabilitation Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationships

• Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters that is appropriate to them and the situation.
• Interact and communicate with patients, carers and relatives appropriately and effectively taking behaviour and body language into account in order to ensure information is understood by all concerned.
• Communicate effectively with those who may have a physical and or mental impairment, e.g. loss of sight/hearing, depression/anxiety, stroke.

Planning and Organisation

• Skilled in sensitively ensuring patients are aware of their limitations and that all goals are, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound.
• Participate in the review or case conference of individual clients and contribute to the evaluation and development of their progress in reaching goals.
• Collect, collate and record appropriate personally generated observations and report any significant changes that might be detrimental to the patient.
• Prioritise workload appropriately and reinforce all improvements, successes and achievements at every opportunity, supported by relevant and accurate information.

Responsibility and Accountability

• Understand own limitations, responsibility and accountability.
• Work independently using a wide range of skills.
• Identify potential risk in moving and manual handling of patients and to act in a way that minimises risk.
• Assist in ensuring falls risks are identified and minimised when working with patients at risk of falls.
• Undertake any work activities and related training as stated in Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Understands how to implement recommendations and respond effectively to evaluations.
• Under supervision assist in developing and restoring the function of the body using exercise and equipment for the patient to gain an optimum level of mobility.
• Under supervision develop the patients ability to perform daily living skills that may have been temporarily impaired, e.g. washing and dressing, cooking meals in order to return to the optimum level of independence.

Policy and Service Responsibility

• Understand how to apply changes in legislation, policies and procedures.
• Respect individuals privacy, dignity, wishes and beliefs and by minimising any unnecessary discomfort at all times.
• Ensure there is a good understanding of the individuality of each patient in order that their usual lifestyle, in most cases, is not compromised.
• To place the Service User at the heart of the service.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

• Teach patients, carers and relatives the correct use of specialist equipment and daily living aids.
• To provide, under the supervision of professionals, prescribed packages of care and where possible, prevent hospital admission by supporting independence with the aim of maintaining the patient in the home environment.
• Work with patients, under the supervision of the professional, at home and in their local environment which may include re-familiarising them with tasks such as shopping and use of public transport and previous hobbies.
• To undertake a wide range of assessed tasks that have been delegated in relation to the specific individual as agreed in the care team.
• Under the direction of the professional implement either a teaching plan or equipment or both to enable the correct use of medicines.
• Under the supervision of the professional teach patients to self- administer medicines, e.g. eye drops, catheter care.

Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership and Management

• Facilitate learning in others and contribute to compiling resources essential for the development of the post.
• Take advantage of learning opportunities both within and out of the workplace as identified in the individual staff review with line manager.
• Offer information to patients, carers and relatives on how to reduce risk in their own home.

Information Technology and Administrative Duties

• Undertake the collating of statistical information and take part in the auditing of the service as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Written and verbal skills
• Clean driving licence
• Basic IT skills
• NVQ 3 or equivalent

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Ability to communicate with diverse groups of people
• Ability to keep accurate reports according to organisational procedure
• Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health safety and security
• Understands need to work within the limits of own competence and responsibility and refer issues beyond these to relevant people
• Ability to recognise and report behaviour that undermines inequality and diversity
• Ability to work in a way that is in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice

Desirable

• Experience of working within multidisciplinary team/multiagency team (in hours)
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Understanding of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy roles.
• Experience working in a ward or rehabilitation environment

Specific Skills

Desirable

• Working independently
• Ability to prioritise delegated work

Requirements due to work environment and / or conditions

Essential

• Ensuring manual handling policy is understood and adhered to in order for tasks to be carried out without putting staff/patients/carers at risk of injury.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brixham Hospital/ Community Visits

Greenswood Road

Brixham

TQ5 9HW

Employer's website

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