Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Rehabilitation Technician

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Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for Band 3 Rehabilitation Technician with previous reablement experience in a community or acute setting to join the Northeast Locality team in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Rehabilitation supporting patients in a variety of settings including within their own homes or care homes.

You will work under guidance to support patients with a range of conditions, provide rehabilitation, and working with the team to support an admission avoidance service. You will be working closely with Community Hospital Therapy teams, as well as social care colleagues to meet patients needs.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and conscientious individual to work with the established therapy teams. You will need to demonstrate high standards interpersonal and communication skills. You should be able to prioritise your workload, manage your time effectively, and work flexibly within the team.

We have a strong commitment to clinical supervision and continuing professional development (CPD), offering a supportive and proactive environment with opportunities for supervision, training and peer support, both locally and County wide.

The service is commissioned to cover 7 day working, 8am to 6pm.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

03 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-23-0125-A-A

Job locations

Whitchurch Hospital Claypit Street

Whitchurch

Shropshire

SY131NT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training

Essential

NVQ 3/BTEC equivalent in relevant subject.
Good general education, literacy and numeracy
Good awareness of the principles of rehabilitation
Willingness to undertake Assistant Practitioner qualification

Experience

Essential

Substantial amount of experience working in a health related field.
Experience of working with older people.

Knowledge adn Skills

Essential

Committed to personal and team development.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to empathise with and motivate patients with physical or cognitive impairments.
Ability to work on own initiative and to manage a supervised caseload.

Person Specification

Training

Essential

NVQ 3/BTEC equivalent in relevant subject.
Good general education, literacy and numeracy
Good awareness of the principles of rehabilitation
Willingness to undertake Assistant Practitioner qualification

Experience

Essential

Substantial amount of experience working in a health related field.
Experience of working with older people.

Knowledge adn Skills

Essential

Committed to personal and team development.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to empathise with and motivate patients with physical or cognitive impairments.
Ability to work on own initiative and to manage a supervised caseload.

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

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Whitchurch Hospital Claypit Street

Whitchurch

Shropshire

SY131NT

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Whitchurch Hospital Claypit Street

Whitchurch

Shropshire

SY131NT

Employer's website

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