Healthcare Support Worker - Generic Rehabilitation Assistant

Job summary

Join Solent to have a career you can be proud of!

Portsmouth Rehabilitation and Reablement Team (PRRT) is a Health and Social Care team where no two days are the same. We are looking for individuals who want to make a real difference.

Our Generic Rehabilitation Assistants are a key part of our team, promoting independence and daily living skills which include personal hygiene, meal preparation support and engagement in social or leisure activities as identified within their care plan.

Working in Portsmouth offers a diverse inner-city client base where we provide reablement services to help individuals reach their goals in a responsive time with wrap around support to optimally manage their needs at home and avoid unnecessary admissions into hospital.

We need you to travel across the city to visit our patients, therefore you will need access to your own car. We also have pool cars which can be used by people with full UK driving licences and if you want to use your own, you can claim mileage!

The working world has changed but our ability to provide quality care to the communities in Portsmouth has only improved! Join us to consistently deliver exceptional care by the right professional at the right time.

We want the best for you so you can deliver the best quality care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

• Actively promote recovery-focussed care with patients, in conjunction with other health professionals, including achievement of set goals.
• Support patients with their rehabilitation and recovery this will include personal hygiene needs, meal preparation, taking observations, respecting them as individuals, supporting them and understanding their right to express their needs.
• Facilitate and lead patient-focus groups and activities
• Undertake clinical and environmental risk assessments and document key risk areas, seeking guidance from more senior staff when dealing with cases indicating a high level of risk.
• Accurately assess, describe, and record observations on progress or change in both patients' mental and physical state including clinical observations-BP, pulse, respiratory rate, pulse oximetry, temperature and blood glucose levels using appropriate assessment tools, escalating any concerns as appropriate.
• To raise incidents appropriately via the reporting system in an accurate, objective, and concise manner.
• Provide information on improving health and wellbeing and signposting to other agencies as appropriate

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.