Rehabilitation Assistant

Rehabilitation Assistant, Band 3
Greenwich Community Neuro Rehab Team
Permanent, 22.5 hours per week

The Greenwich Community Neuro Rehab Team is seeking a dynamic Rehabilitation Assistant with experience in working in a rehabilitation setting. The team comprises of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and language therapists and Therapy assistant practitioners. The service is well established and was developed to work with adults with neurological condition ,in their home, to provide rehabilitation and support with a view to promoting independence in their own homes.

You will work with Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language therapists and other Assistants in delivering treatment programs and rehabilitation activities within our multidisciplinary rehabilitation team

As the Rehabilitation Assistant you will be required to support the therapy staff in implementing the care plans. As part of your role you will provide and review mobility equipment/aids with the support of qualified members of the team. You will act as a source to provide health education and advice to patients, carers and their families.

You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who has good organisational skills. You will be required to use multiple computer systems therefore a good knowledge of IT is essential. There is a strong emphasis on CPD, reflective practice and clinical supervision within the service, supported by a named AHP professional advisor. Regular in service/external training is encouraged.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
- To undertake Therapy tasks as prescribed by a qualified Therapist. This may include, teaching use of equipment, teaching personal exercise programmes, supervising walking inside and out and transfer practice.
- To assist the qualified practitioner with goal setting and following the treatment plan.
- To instruct in the use of prescribed walking aids if necessary and practice it’s safe use with the patient
- Deliver intervention with mínimal or no immediate supervision from Therapy colleagues regularly working as a lone practitioner.
- To assist the physiotherapist and occupational therapist with moving and handling
- Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety