Rehabilitation Assistant

Do you want to be part of a team making Hammersmith & Fulham a great place to grow old? The Community Independence Service (CIS) provides planned and unplanned nursing and therapy interventions for older residents who have had a recent deterioration in their physical health and is run jointly between West London NHS Trust and CNWL Foundation Trust across the three inner London Boroughs.

We are looking for someone with a passion for community rehabilitation who will be key in supporting the occupational and physiotherapists to deliver effective rehabilitation programmes during a person’s episode of care. You will develop and maintain relationships that integrate health and social care to support and reduce the need for hospital admission for patients, ensuring a they maintain their ability to engage in daily activities. This is a great opportunity to consolidate your clinical skills supported through your personal development and appraisal plan.

Working as a member of the Community Independence Service you will contribute to a person’s episode of rehabilitation to maintain or improve their independence to continue living in their primary residence with as mínimal support as possible.

You will work under the guidance of health care professionals to assist therapists by carrying out delegated aspects of patient care without direct supervision and reporting back patient’s progress or issues to the relevant therapist.

You will undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in the community or the management of patients at home to prevent imminent unnecessary hospital admission.

You will be responsible for ordering equipment and department supplies, ensuring that these are received in full and good working order, chasing any outstanding items or actions as required.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental and physical health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We are rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

The postholder will provide efficient and effective rehabilitation support to the Community Independence Service (CIS) Rehabilitation Pathway. As a member of the CIS rehabilitation pathway the postholder will help people to maintain or regain their health and independence at home; enable people to live well, in their own homes, completing roles and tasks that are important to them with as much independence as possible.

The post holder will be emotionally intelligent and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills as the role entails liaising with a wide range of internal and external staff/organisations, often of people in senior roles.

**Key Result Areas & Performance**:
All clinical duties will be carried out under the supervision and direction of a qualified allied health professional such as an occupational therapist or physiotherapist. The post-holder has a responsibility to perform all tasks within the values of West London NHS Trust. Under such direction and with these conditions, the duties will be:

- To provide occupational therapy and physiotherapy interventions as part of a specific treatment plan agreed and documented by physiotherapist/occupational therapist.
- To undertake tasks in delivering patient care, rehabilitation or social care as directed by the service professionals in a range of settings.
- To manage the rehabilitation or care of patients as delegated by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist.
- To work independently in the patient’s home following an agreed treatment plan.
- To instruct patients and carers, providing direction and guidance on a range of occupational therapy or physiotherapy and self-care/mobility/functional activities, as directed by the occupational therapist or physiotherapist
- To undertake skilled support work with patients individually or in a group with or without supervision of an occupational therapist or physiotherapist
- To follow departmental and trust guidelines for obtaining consent and use diplomacy and gentle persuasion to enhance patient’s compliance in treatment programmes.
- To work with family members, carers and support workers to enable th