Rehabilitation Assistant

Are you passionate about delivering a high quality patient centred care?

Are you motivated and dedicated to supporting patients with the transition from hospital to home?

Do you want an opportunity to work in a service that is transforming how care is delivered in our community?

If so, then this could be the job for you

We are looking to recruit highly motivated Rehabilitation Assistants to join our friendly and supportive team based on Scarborough and Gloucester Wards, at Skegness Hospital.

The therapy team provides care and rehabilitation for a variety of special areas including orthopaedics, neurology, frailty and falls, chronic disease management and other medical conditions. The service provides high quality care and works to an enabling philosophy to facilitate patients to achieve their maximal level of independence thereby facilitating discharge and reducing length of stay in hospital.

Your role will include assisting patients to regain as much functional independence as possible through working on a patient rehabilitation goal approach. The post holder will be able to use skills to carry out simple assessments, follow care plans and prescribe routine equipment within the scope of the job and to a level of assessed competence. Part of this post involves working, without direct supervision at times but under the professional guidance of occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

Please see job description attached for full details.