Rehabilitation Assistant

Job summary

The Rehabilitation Assistant assists with specific therapeutic duties, and the implementation of patient rehabilitation programmes, planned and supervised by a fractured neck of femur advanced nurse practitioner or qualified therapist. The post holder will be expected to complete the relevant level of competency programmes for physiotherapy and occupational therapy to enable them to fulfil this role. The post holder will be expected to fulfil administrative duties such as data inputting for national audit.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our busy hip and fragility fracture team as a Band 3 Rehabilitation assistant.

We are looking for compassionate, enthusiastic staff with a flexible approach to join our friendly, motivated teams.

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a patient focused attitude.

An emphasis on optimising the patient's rehabilitation potential through nutrition, mobility, stimulation, and increasing confidence is essential to enable the aim of this predominately elderly group of patients to return to their usual residence to be realised.

The post will be based at the Royal Gwent Hospital.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.