Rehabilitation assistant Stroke

5 months ago

South Petherton, United Kingdom Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Post holder will be required to work their hours over 7 days, including out of hours, weekends and bank holidays, to meet the needs of the serviceThe Early Supported Discharge Service enables the accelerated discharge of Stroke and Acquired Brain Injury patients usually to their own home or normal place of residence from district or community hospitals.

Main duties of the job

*To join the Early Supportive Discharge Team, based at hubs across the county.

*To work as an integral member of the Health Care /Rehabilitation Service providing effective support to Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and any other team members.

*To work with patients undertaking therapy/rehabilitation programmes to support and encourage them to achieve their optimum level of independence and quality of life, as directed by the team of therapists/nurse's.

*To work with patients in a range of locations, including hospital departments such as wards, rehabilitation unit, outpatients, and the community with overall supervision from rehabilitation professionals.

*To work as a Rehabilitation Assistant on the inpatient stroke ward, when not seeing patients in the community.

*Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.

*To manage own time effectively demonstrating flexibility to meet the service requirements across the county

About us

*To join the Early Supportive Discharge Team, based at hubs across the county.

*To work as an integral member of the Health Care /Rehabilitation Service providing effective support to Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and any other team members.

*To work with patients undertaking therapy/rehabilitation programmes to support and encourage them to achieve their optimum level of independence and quality of life, as directed by the team of therapists/nurse's.

*To work with patients in a range of locations, including hospital departments such as wards, rehabilitation unit, outpatients, and the community with overall supervision from rehabilitation professionals.

*To work as a Rehabilitation Assistant on the inpatient stroke ward, when not seeing patients in the community.

*Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.

*To manage own time effectively demonstrating flexibility to meet the service requirements across the county

Job description

Job responsibilities

To join the Early Supportive Discharge Team, based at hubs across the county.

To work as an integral member of the Health Care /Rehabilitation Service providing effective support to Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and any other team members.

To work with patients undertaking therapy/rehabilitation programmes to support and encourage them to achieve their optimum level of independence and quality of life, as directed by the team of therapists/nurse's.

To work with patients in a range of locations, including hospital departments such as wards, rehabilitation unit, outpatients, and the community with overall supervision from rehabilitation professionals.

To work as a Rehabilitation Assistant on the inpatient stroke ward, when not seeing patients in the community.

Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.

To manage own time effectively demonstrating flexibility to meet the service requirements across the county

Community Hospital wards and rehabilitation areas, in patient's own homes with and without Team professionals.

The work will involve moderate physical effort handling patients and equipment on a daily basis. Lifting and manoeuvring equipment for short periods of time and potentially supporting patients for up to 20 - 30 minutes at any one time. Daily contact with bodily fluids.

Possibility of working in the community in patients homes', in unclean surroundings and coming into contact with dirt, fleas, lice, pets, cigarette smoke and domestic animals (weekly) with the Team professionals.

It may also necessitate working with distressed and/or confused patients/relatives.

Travel throughout the team Locality may be involved on a regular basis.

Any difficulties to be reported to the Rehabilitation Team/ supervising team professional at the next convenient time if not urgent.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post holder will be required to achieve NVQ 2/3 or equivalent in care/rehabilitation

Experience

Essential

Adult/elderly rehabilitation, nursing, care worker experience Ability to work alone and within the multi-disciplinary team. Ability to implement basic treatment plans with appropriate support from the therapist

Additional Criteria

Essential

Sound patient interviewing skills. Basic computer skills. Compassionate Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives remaining sensitive and empathetic. Listens to others views respecting and valuing individual patient needs. Professional and patient focussed approach with inspirational skills, acting as a role model to colleagues and junior staff members. Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients. Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner. Able to take instruction and direction and work effectively as part of a team. Ability to record and retrieve information on charts/paper and electronic patient records High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet. Ability to undertake PMVA training to required level for role

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