Rehabilitation Assistant

6 months ago


Carlisle, United Kingdom North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Specialist Rehabilitation and Mobility Centre consists of three core services:
A Wheelchair service for people living within North Cumbria, who have long term restriction of walking ability because of illness, disability or advancing years. We currently have around 11,000 users

A Prosthetic service. One of the nine Murrison Centre’s in England and that offers specialist rehabilitation services to army veterans, as well as our population including patients in the North East and Southern Scotland. The service currently has 500 patients

An Orthotic service provided to around 12,000 patients by providing biomechanical assessment to acute inpatients and outpatients requiring orthotic intervention in the wider Cumbria area.

The Rehabilitation Centre will be based within the Centre and will predominantly support the Orthotics team.

Respond to the care needs of the patient with patience and empathy, promoting privacy and dignity

Act as chaperone and support the patient during examinations

Arranging of the necessary equipment prior to a casting procedure. Hands on assistance of positioning of patient during the casting procedure

Ensuring that casts are sealed, labelled and dry after casting procedure

Awareness of which sessions are happening in which clinical rooms and setting up of equipment prior to these sessions, where appropriate

Assisting Orthotists during fittings, assessments and trial of orthotic equipment in a ward setting

Prioritise workload, using initiative to plan and complete patient care and housekeeping duties

Comply with infection control procedures across the range of duties at all times

Assist in the safe moving and handling of patients, ensuring health and safety guidelines and protocols are adhered to at all times

Be aware of the safe use of equipment and security of the area, reporting any faults

Clean and decontaminate plinths and equipment

Safeguard and promote the welfare of children at an individual level

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Important Information

Junk Mail is checked regularly

**Disclosure and Barring Service**:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

**The changes mean that**:
the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

**Standard Check**: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

**Enhanced Check**: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retail



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