Rehabilitation Assistant - B4

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

Rehabilitation Assistant - Band 4 -Maximising Independence Team - Wandsworth.

Are you looking for a new challenge within health care? Are you interested in rehabilitation and supporting people to remain independent at home? Could you deliver high quality care enabling people to increase their independence and allow them to remain at home where possible? We are seeking enthusiastic people with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent care and therapy support to our patients.

Maximising Independence is our community therapy service comprising occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, support workers and administrators. It provides urgent and routine therapy to people over 16 years of age, helping them to regain their independence following illness or injury, and supporting them to manage long term health conditions.

We are looking for team players with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic care. The post holder will provide support to patients in order to enable activities such as washing and dressing, preparing their meals, carrying out exercise programmes, walking, getting out into the community, access public transport etc. Care plans are prescribed by qualified therapists and you will be supported to deliver these programmes by the professional staff.

Main duties of the job

Your ongoing professional development is important and you will be supported to develop with opportunities to develop your skills in health care provision and rehabilitation alongside the therapy and nursing led services within the Borough. You will need to have strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and be able to use your initiative and judgement in order to evaluate, work with and feedback information to the therapy team on the abilities and needs of patients. You will need good IT skills in order to access and add to our electronic clinical record system. You will need to be able to operate as a lone worker out in the community with the ability to travel across the Borough in an efficient manner to patient visits ideally through access to your own transport. You would be supported with expenses for travel and parking.

Successful post holders must be able to work 37.5 hours across 5 days a week

A commitment to personal and service development is essential.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact Claire Hayes Band 7 Occupational Therapist. Email: claire.hayes4@nhs.net

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

22 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£30,279 to £33,116 a year Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-SOUTH-9899

Job locations

Battersea Studios

London

SW8 3HE

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake holistic assessment of patients in relation to the individuals clinical and psycho-social issues to identify problem list, appropriate treatment options, recommending the best course of action.
To undertake treatment planning and implementation of agreed goal orientated intervention with client/carers.
To contribute towards single assessment and trusted assessment processes
To provide comprehensive intervention to patients in the community at their appropriate banding, making use of assessment and treatment facilities where appropriate.
To be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multi-disciplinary teams, sharing care appropriately ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake holistic assessment of patients in relation to the individuals clinical and psycho-social issues to identify problem list, appropriate treatment options, recommending the best course of action.
To undertake treatment planning and implementation of agreed goal orientated intervention with client/carers.
To contribute towards single assessment and trusted assessment processes
To provide comprehensive intervention to patients in the community at their appropriate banding, making use of assessment and treatment facilities where appropriate.
To be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multi-disciplinary teams, sharing care appropriately ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Wellbeing (NVQ/QCF - Level 3) or
A recognised equivalent course
Willingness to undertake further training as appropriate.

Desirable

GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths
ECDL certificate
Registration with the national regulatory body (when it becomes available).
PSI qualification
Trusted assessor training

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Wellbeing (NVQ/QCF - Level 3) or
A recognised equivalent course
Willingness to undertake further training as appropriate.

Desirable

GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths
ECDL certificate
Registration with the national regulatory body (when it becomes available).
PSI qualification
Trusted assessor training

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.