Rehabilitation Assistant

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant

Do you have a passion for helping others and are you looking to develop your clinical skills? Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team? Then join us to provide an excellent standard of therapy provision at one of our bedded rehabilitation units in the heart of London.

We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our North West Bedded Rehabilitation team located at the Alexandra Rehabilitation Unit. The role of Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic, client centred and evidence based care.

Alexandra Rehabilitation Unit is an in-patient rehabilitation facility providing rehab for residents in the Inner North West London boroughs who wish to maximise their independence following illness or injury. Alexandra Rehabilitation Unit offers rehab services to adult clients with a variety of conditions/ diagnoses including those who present with Falls, Amputees, Neurological and Orthopaedic conditions that require ongoing rehabilitation to enhance their independent functioning.

Under supervision from the leads in Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, your main role will be to assist therapy staff in delivering intervention programmes on the unit. You will also assist with administrative tasks for the smooth running of the team. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, dieticians, clinical support workers, nurses, doctors.

You should have experience working with older people or people with disabilities in a rehabilitation or community setting. Effective time management, caseload management and administrative skills are essential, as are excellent communication skills and a commitment to the principles and practices of effective MDT working.

You will be joining a friendly and forward-thinking multidisciplinary service, which is committed to high standards of practice. We will support you in developing your clinical skills, as well as offer you the opportunity to participate in clinical governance activities and other policy and service developments. We are committed to developing staff through regular supervision, appraisals, inservice training and support in CPD opportunities.

**For further details / informal visits please contact**:
Kate Surgenor, Team Lead Occupational Therapist or Anita Roche, Team Lead Physiotherapist

T: 07393004115 or 07387525125

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

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
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Support with gaining your driving license *T&C’s apply
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

To provide physiotherapy and occupational therapy intervention as part of a specific treatment plan
agreed and documented by physiotherapist/occupational therapist.

To manage the rehabilitation of patients as delegated by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist.
Once competencies completed, being responsible for assessing patient progress and reporting back to the physiotherapist or occupational therapist.

To assist the physiotherapist or occupational therapist with complex patients in their own home environment or on the unit.

With training and once competent, have the ability to handle patients with mobility problems, in an enabling way. This may include the use of hoists, sliding sheets, wheelchairs, mobility aids etc.

To work independently in the designated clinical area/patient’s home following an agreed treatment plan.

To follow departmental and trust guidelines for obtaining informed consent for interventions with patients.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities



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