Rehabilitation Assistant

Job Overview

The post holder will be based at St Pancras Hospital and will be also required to work with patients in their own homes. We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, who has had previous experience of working with patients with a health condition or in an exercise capacity, who is well organised, able to work independently and as part of a team and able to adapt to different clinical and non-clinical situations. Good IT skills are essential to this role.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role will include providing rehabilitation and/or supported discharge to patients on rehabilitation wards, providing some of the education sessions, and helping with assessments, all with the support of a qualified therapist. You will work under the guidance of health care professionals to assist therapists by carrying out delegated aspects of patient care without direct supervision and reporting back patient’s progress or issues to the therapist.

The other part of the role is helping with the day-to-day running of the team alongside other rehabilitation assistants and the administration staff and may include some non-patient facing roles e.g. equipment ordering and data collection.

Working for our organisation

We are a friendly and supportive in-patient team who recognise the importance of cultivating clinical excellence and supporting career progression. You will receive excellent clinical and managerial supervision throughout your rotations. You will have opportunities to access to both internal and external training.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistants work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.

Please see attached job description and person specification documents for details.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE. O Level or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• National Vocational Qualification Level 2

Experience

Essential criteria

• "People" Skills
• Working with adults with physical and/or cognitive impairment in the community.
• Working in any health/social care setting/ social services/voluntary sector.
• Experience working in NHS
• Ability to maintain client confidentiality

Desirable criteria

• Experience working with exercise groups

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to be empathetic to clients with complex neuro disability when dealing with distressing issues.
• To know own personal limits and be able to work under supervision seeking advice and support as required.
• Knowledge of the principles of Manual Handling.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good interpersonal skills - communication, negotiation.
• Good communication skills both verbal and written which are relevant, concise, accurate and legible
• Organisational skills appropriate to the job.
• Ability to assess a situation and react appropriately.
• To use problem solving skills – able to use initiative.
• Ability to carry out planned programmes of care/rehabilitation as prescribed by qualified therapists for people who have had a stroke.
• Able to demonstrate effective time management skills.