Rehabilitation Assistant

3 weeks ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The rapid response team provides multi-professional input for patients living within the Gateshead locality, our aims are to:
- support patients at home to prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing
- enable patients to be as independent as possible
- avoid the need for admission to hospital or long term care
- support earlier hospital discharge where required
- provide out of hours palliative care support

We are looking for individuals with a positive, enthusiastic, proactive approach to support developments within the service.

Successful applicants will need to have effective communication skills and demonstrate a positive flexible, team working approach

The team provides short term interventions for a range of patients with physical health problems. We aim to deliver an integrated approach working in partnership with other services and agencies.

You will receive regular support to develop you both your clinical and professional skills and will have opportunities to contribute to the learning and development of others.

You will be based at Bensham Hospital and will be required to work as part of a rota.

The service is part of the Rapid Response team and operates between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm 7 days per week, predominantly supporting patients discharged from hospital and providing input to patients at home to avoid admission to hospital where possible.

You will be required to drive to a number of community locations as part of this role.

Ideally you will have community experience and experience of working in a rehab environment managing patients with a range of physical health problems.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead. Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients. As a group we employ around 4,200 staff and currently provide 600 hospital beds across Gateshead. Our primary focus is on providing excellent general health services to our local community.

In the annual survey for NHS staff, we consistently rate highly as a place people would recommend others to work. In the most recent survey, 72% of our staff said they would recommend working at Gateshead.

We aim to attract and retain a talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

This post is a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant, working within in Rapid Response multi-professional team within Gateshead.

The post holder will work effectively within a multi-disciplinary/agency team attending to patients identified as requiring an urgent or rapid intervention to prevent their health and wellbeing deterioration. In addition, there will be planned activity to provide hands on care and holistic assessment to prevent avoidable admission to hospital, and/or long-term care and to maximise patient independence.

This post is designed to support the Rapid Response Team Lead fulfil their objectives, ensuring the fundamentals of care are provided at the point of contact and will ensure delivery of a range of appropriate interventions to be able to meet the needs of the patients’ health and wellbeing, within the community setting. Patients accessing the service will have complex needs and potentially numerous co-morbidities including frailty, palliative and EOL care needs.

This post will contribute to the safe delivery of a Rapid Response Service working flexibly over 7 days per week. The post holder will support the Senior Team in the safe and effective delivery of their role in unscheduled, intermediate care, palliative and EOL care environment.

Dimensions
- To provide support and appropriate interventions to patients in the community setting to improve their health and maximise their level of independence.
- To work closely with the nursing, physiotherapist and occupational therapists to support programmes of rehabilitation, reablement, recovery and health promotion thereby reducing the need for unnecessary hospital admission/ attendance and long-term care.
- To ensure optimum health and wellbeing by encouraging nutrition, hydration and medical compliance of patients and maintain daily records according to Trust policy.
- To ensure that the highest level of patient care is achieved at all times in the most effective manner
- The duties will be carried out in the community setting under the supervision and guidance of a Therapist/Nurse however the post holder will be expected to work alone with access to professional advice and guidance when required.
- To carry an allocated patient caseload under the supervision of qualified staff and Supervise/motivate patients

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