Rehabilitation Assistant

2 months ago

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital Full time
Job Summary

The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team is seeking a skilled Rehabilitation Assistant to join our team. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in providing rehabilitation and care to patients in their own homes or place of residence.

Main Responsibilities
  • Provide goal-based reablement packages of care to individuals post-stroke for a period of 6 weeks at a time.
  • Follow rehabilitation plans as directed by a therapist or Nurse to provide goal-based rehabilitation to patients within their homes or place of residence.
  • Assess and make recommendations for equipment, home adaptations, care provision, and on-going rehabilitation, reporting these to a Therapist, Registered Nurse, or care manager.
  • Deliver, fit, and demonstrate basic equipment to clients and appropriate others, ensuring client safety.
  • Provide appropriate advice to patients, their family, and long-term carers, teaching and demonstrating the safe use of equipment or other techniques to optimise the patients' mobility, functional ability, safety, and independence under the supervision of a therapist.
  • Implement and record planned programmes of care and rehabilitation to patients as directed by a Nurse, Therapist, or Care Manager, including the use of paper notes, electronic notes, and virtual platforms.
  • Support patients through instruction and guidance in a range of therapeutic activities, under the direction of a therapist, in the achievement of identified treatment goals.
  • To involve clients and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programmes and encourage self-management where appropriate.
  • Build professional relationships with patients, their family, and carers, through the use of communication, reasoning, and negotiating skills, respecting others' views, culture, autonomy, and individuality.
  • Able to communicate effectively with patients who have speech, cognitive, or behavioural issues and implement ways of promoting effective communication.
  • Recognises potential communication barriers and identifies and employs suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating altered perception, expressive and receptive dysphasia, and fear or inability to accept diagnosis and implications.
  • Listens actively to clients to establish an understanding of their needs to help them make informed decisions about their care.
  • Gains client trust and consent prior to procedures so can administer planned care.
  • To be an advocate for clients, making team members aware of any concerns if it is in the client's best interest.
  • In an emergency, institutes an immediate response, including CPR where necessary.
Requirements
  • Good level of basic education GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths.
  • Study to NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience.
  • Experience working face-to-face with members of the public.
  • Experience working as a member of a team.
  • Recent NHS experience.
  • Experience working in a community health or social care setting.
  • Experience of working with individuals with stroke.
  • Experience of working as a carer.
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of Stroke.
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of the role of the Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Physiotherapists in healthcare.
  • Awareness of risks to Health & Safety in the community.
Desirable
  • Experience working as a Band 2 or 3 clinical support worker within Therapies and/or stroke.
  • Awareness of the impact of stroke on an individual.
  • Good experience of working with community healthcare teams.
Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
  • Demonstrates appropriate emotional self-regulation and maintains professional boundaries at all times.
  • Able to cope with the changing demands and unpredictable nature of the service.
  • Confident manner with a positive approach and high levels of motivation.
  • Sensitive manner to be able to treat patients with dignity and respect.
  • Non-judgemental and able to work with people from a variety of backgrounds.
  • Physical ability to undertake manual handling of patients and equipment on a daily basis in a variety of environments.
  • Willing to work to meet the needs of the service (to include evenings, weekends, bank holidays).
  • Be a team player and support colleagues as required.
  • Able to work autonomously at other venues. Able to travel around Northamptonshire between clients' homes and to transport equipment required.

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