Community Rehabilitation Assistant

Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home. This post is to cover the Nottingham North and East or Rushcliffe area of South Nottinghamshire.
The division operates under three Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children’s, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies
Discharge to Assess (home first) is a thriving service in Nottinghamshire. It is designed to help patients to be discharged earlier once they have become medically fit, using the latest systems and technology to provide the most efficient and effective reablement care possible, putting the patient at the centre of their own care and delivering the outcomes they wish to achieve to support their health and wellbeing.
The team enables individuals to increase independence and improve health outcomes by designing programs for recovery and self-care management through timely assessments, interventions, reablement, rehabilitation and management of long-term and life limiting conditions working in collaboration with the patient, their carer, and are vital in transforming community health services, ensuring high quality care is provided both now and into the future based around the needs of our patients - together we all make a difference.
**The service and operates 7-days**: 08.00 - 20.00hrs.
TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
The search has begun for Community Rehabilitation Assistants for for the Discharge to assess (Home First) within the Community Health Services Division.
We are looking to recruit dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Rehabilitation Assistants to join this established service within South Nottinghamshire.
You will work within the Discharge to Assess, under the direction of a registered professional and part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation. Providing care to patients within a community setting, who require reablement / rehabilitation support to enable them to carry out activities of daily living in order to maintain them within their own home environment.
This could be the role for you, and we would love to hear from you if you can
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
Support our patients within a community setting that enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs to avoid and reduce hospital admissions by implementing patient tailored rehabilitation, nursing care and exercise programmes.
Demonstrate high levels of care and compassion providing rehabilitation for adults to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early