Job summary
Rehabilitation AssistantCircle Integrated Care - South and West Hertfordshire37.5 Hours & PermanentSalary: Up to £25,000.00 + benefits (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)
Circle Integrated Care is part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.
We have an opportunity for a Rehabilitation Assistant to join the team of staff.
This is a full- time role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required tocover a flexible shift pattern.
Applicants should meet the following criteria:
- A minimum of an NVQ 2 Health and Social Care or Equivalent Qualification
- Can communicate both routine and complex/sensitive information to Service Users, clients, relatives and staff and other stakeholders.
- Able to feedback and engage in decision making when appropriate
- Possess basic computer skills
- Demonstrate organisational and time management skills
- Manage own time effectively, ensuring all delegated tasks carried out in a timely manner
- Experience of working in a health and social care setting
- Evidence of relevant training/CPD.
- Experience of working as part of a Physiotherapy team or within the fitness industry.
- Level 2/3 gym/instructor/personal trainer or equivalent.
- Level 3 exercise referral or a level 4 qualification.
Main duties of the job
Duties of this role include:
- To run and develop the ESCAPE pain programme and other rehab groups for Circle Integrated Care in Greenwich.
- Liaise with physiotherapist, the patient and carers as appropriate
- To develop a basic understanding of a broad range of orthopaedic and musculo-skeletal conditions
- The post holder will be expected to have a basic understanding of exercise principals
- To have an understanding of the theories of exercise prescription and progression.
- To undertake and maintain stock levels and ordering of equipment
- Make accurate written records of work undertaken with patients.
- Assist the physiotherapist in the rehabilitation of patients using a range of delegated exercises within own level of competency as overseen by physiotherapist
- To accompany the physiotherapist or work single-handed.
- Prioritise own workload as delegated by physiotherapist.
- Undertake own CPD, including mandatory training and maintain up to date knowledge of clinical speciality through research and training.
About us
Salary & Benefits
Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:
- 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
- Private Pension Scheme
- Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
- Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
- Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
- Non-contributory life insurance
- Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
- Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
- Employee recognition programmes
- Industry leading training and development opportunities
and much more!
Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work stylesand more.
Circle Health Group are proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Rehabilitation Assistant
Function: Hospitals and Rehabilitation
Department: Rehabilitation Therapies
Reporting Manager: Clinical Services Manager
About this role:
As a Rehabilitation Assistant you will work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team to maintain and develop high standards of rehabilitation and care within our inpatient and outpatient services. You will have the opportunity to work alongside our highly specialist team of Neurological and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language therapists, Dietitians, Neuro Psychologist and the medical team to provide individual needs, therapeutic programmes and care plans out lined by the treating therapist. You will be involved in the treatment of a wide variety of Neurological and musculoskeletal conditions following illness, injury and or trauma.
You will be providing practical assistance and encouragement to develop patient/client centred goals, to preform everyday living skills, tasks and leisure activities with a focus on empowering and supporting patients/clients to realise their potential to live a fulfilled life.
To effectively perform your duties, you will need:
- Strong organisation skills.
- Empathetic and have a desire to make a difference
- Passionate about forming therapeutic relationships
- Committed to a person-centred approach to recovery
- Enthusiastic about working as part of a dedicated team
- Resilient and able to work under pressure
- An effective communicator with good written and verbal skills
- Willing to take ownership for the delivery of quality care and demonstrate leadership qualities
- To be a great motivator
Core Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:
- Work proactively with the nursing and therapy teams to implement individualised rehabilitation programmes, following plans of care to meet patient /service user centred outcomes.
- Undertake observations such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure recordings and monitoring and recording of clients weight when indicated. Follow the highest standards of care, and intervention sensitively and respectfully.
- Encourage and enable patients and service users to enjoy meals and drinks while supporting wishes and preferences. This may include assisting with ordering of meals, monitoring and recording fluid intake and assisting with feeding.
- Assist with communication, ensuring that patients and service users can be understood and understand others.
- Assisting with mobility including hoisting, positioning and assisting with mobility aids
- To work with therapists/team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery and to monitor the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary.
- Support patients and service users to access the community safely including with activities and appointments.
- Support patients and service user to achieve a purposeful life, contributing to occupational, educational, social and leisure activities and assisting in developing programmes to meet those needs.
- Gain an understanding of personal, emotional and social needs of patients and service users including the behavioural and emotional changes which can be associated with neurology and or trauma.
- Participate in the keyworker programme, acting as an advocate and liaising with others regarding individual programmes/plans to ensure a consistent delivery of care and rehabilitation.
- Develop and engage in therapeutic relationships with patients and service users whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- Complete written records in line with legal frameworks.
- To take responsibility for own personal and professional development through attendance and engagement in supervision and appraisal.
- Contribute to service development by engaging in staff forums and feedback groups.
- Have the ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment.
- To be involved in clinical audits as and when directed.
- To contribute to the preparation, maintenance, and general housekeeping of equipment and environment.
This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Rehabilitation Assistant
Function: Hospitals and Rehabilitation
Department: Rehabilitation Therapies
Reporting Manager: Clinical Services Manager
About this role:
As a Rehabilitation Assistant you will work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team to maintain and develop high standards of rehabilitation and care within our inpatient and outpatient services. You will have the opportunity to work alongside our highly specialist team of Neurological and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language therapists, Dietitians, Neuro Psychologist and the medical team to provide individual needs, therapeutic programmes and care plans out lined by the treating therapist. You will be involved in the treatment of a wide variety of Neurological and musculoskeletal conditions following illness, injury and or trauma.
You will be providing practical assistance and encouragement to develop patient/client centred goals, to preform everyday living skills, tasks and leisure activities with a focus on empowering and supporting patients/clients to realise their potential to live a fulfilled life.
To effectively perform your duties, you will need:
- Strong organisation skills.
- Empathetic and have a desire to make a difference
- Passionate about forming therapeutic relationships
- Committed to a person-centred approach to recovery
- Enthusiastic about working as part of a dedicated team
- Resilient and able to work under pressure
- An effective communicator with good written and verbal skills
- Willing to take ownership for the delivery of quality care and demonstrate leadership qualities
- To be a great motivator
Core Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:
- Work proactively with the nursing and therapy teams to implement individualised rehabilitation programmes, following plans of care to meet patient /service user centred outcomes.
- Undertake observations such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure recordings and monitoring and recording of clients weight when indicated. Follow the highest standards of care, and intervention sensitively and respectfully.
- Encourage and enable patients and service users to enjoy meals and drinks while supporting wishes and preferences. This may include assisting with ordering of meals, monitoring and recording fluid intake and assisting with feeding.
- Assist with communication, ensuring that patients and service users can be understood and understand others.
- Assisting with mobility including hoisting, positioning and assisting with mobility aids
- To work with therapists/team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery and to monitor the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary.
- Support patients and service users to access the community safely including with activities and appointments.
- Support patients and service user to achieve a purposeful life, contributing to occupational, educational, social and leisure activities and assisting in developing programmes to meet those needs.
- Gain an understanding of personal, emotional and social needs of patients and service users including the behavioural and emotional changes which can be associated with neurology and or trauma.
- Participate in the keyworker programme, acting as an advocate and liaising with others regarding individual programmes/plans to ensure a consistent delivery of care and rehabilitation.
- Develop and engage in therapeutic relationships with patients and service users whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- Complete written records in line with legal frameworks.
- To take responsibility for own personal and professional development through attendance and engagement in supervision and appraisal.
- Contribute to service development by engaging in staff forums and feedback groups.
- Have the ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment.
- To be involved in clinical audits as and when directed.
- To contribute to the preparation, maintenance, and general housekeeping of equipment and environment.
This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Strong organisation skills.
- Empathetic and have a desire to make a difference
- Passionate about forming therapeutic relationships
- Committed to a person-centred approach to recovery
- Enthusiastic about working as part of a dedicated team
- Resilient and able to work under pressure
- An effective communicator with good written and verbal skills
- Willing to take ownership for the delivery of quality care and demonstrate leadership qualities
- To be a great motivator
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Strong organisation skills.
- Empathetic and have a desire to make a difference
- Passionate about forming therapeutic relationships
- Committed to a person-centred approach to recovery
- Enthusiastic about working as part of a dedicated team
- Resilient and able to work under pressure
- An effective communicator with good written and verbal skills
- Willing to take ownership for the delivery of quality care and demonstrate leadership qualities
- To be a great motivator
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).