Sister Winifred Laver Rehabilitation Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant in the Sister Winifred Laver Centre Team. The position is full time and involves working between the hours of 08:30 and 16:30. Shift patterns involve weekend and bank holiday working to ensure therapy intervention can be provided 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
To work within the Multi-disciplinary Team to provide support and appropriate interventions to patients in the Sister Winifred Laver Centre to be able to improve their health and maximum level of independence.
To work closely with the nursing, physiotherapist and occupational therapist to support programmes of rehabilitation and health promotion to help the patient return to their own environment, thereby reducing the need for hospital admission/ attendance and the need for long-term care
To ensure optimum nutrition and hydration of patients by supporting patients to eat and drink and maintaining appropriate records.
To undertake observations and diagnostic tests and support clinical care of patients by undertaking simple dressings and skin care as directed by the patients named nurse as appropriate.
To ensure that the highest level of patient care is achieved at all times in the most effective manner
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
- Establish and maintain communication with people on routine and operational matters which includes reporting to the nurse/ therapist in charge at agreed times, using appropriate communication systems, identifying significant changes in patient condition. Maintain written records to an agreed standard and display a positive and considerate approach to patients and their families / carers. Liaison with senior staff regarding patients.
- To support Nursing, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in providing programmes of rehabilitation, following agreed protocols to patients at home or in intermediate care settings, for example practising with and monitoring patients using new therapy techniques, carrying out specific exercise programmes and balance re-education programmes within the client’s home environment.
- Support the team to provide high standards of patient care. Provide clinical care following training and agreed protocols, this may include for eg; simple dressings, diagnostic tests and supporting qualified staff with clinical procedures
- Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development. Keep up to date with the Trusts policies and procedures and attend statutory training, study days and staff meetings as required.
- Assist in maintaining and developing services including the provision of statistical information in line with service requirements. Work collaboratively as a team member with colleagues, recognising and valuing each person’s contribution to the team.
- Ensure own actions promote quality and alert others to quality issues. Provide a high standard of Health and / or Social Care to patients in their own homes, depending on individual patient care as identified in the care plan.
- Ensure own actions support equality, diversity and rights. Act in such a way that is consistent with employer’s procedures and respect each patients need for confidentiality and maintenance of his / her dignity and individuality.
- Assist in assessing peoples health and well being and related needs as agreed with the team e.g. to assist with the dietary requirements of the patient, i.e., preparation of food, cooking light meals, help with feeding or enabling patient to perform these tasks in a safe and controlled environment and monitoring and feeding back regarding nutritional intake of clients.
- Assist in planning, delivering and evaluating programmes to meet peoples health and well being needs e. g. To implement rehabilitation programmes as specified by the key therapist designed to enable the patient to retain / regain maximal functional independence.
- Perform routine tests and tasks related to investigations and reporting e.g. Undertake diagno