Rehabilitation Assistant

Job summary

Rehabilitation Assistant - Community Rehabilitation Service -

Taunton and West Somerset Neighbourhood

Full-time/Part-time

We are looking for a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant to join our busy team working across Taunton and West Somerset, based in Taunton.

The Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) strives to deliver a service putting individuals at the centre of care. The team work together to develop personalised rehabilitation programmes based on the individuals goals.

We are looking for someone who understands the principles of rehabilitation and can promote/support independence with our range of patients in their own home and other environments. The post holder will have excellent communication and teamworking skills and be able to engage and motivate others. They will also need to be a car driver and have their own transport.

Normal working hours are between 08.30 and 16.30 Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

The Rehabilitation Assistant post will cover aspects of rehab from both an Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapist perspective and work will be delegated by either profession. Having an understanding of these professions is therefore vital.

The Rehabilitation Assistant's role will include working with patients in their own homes to enable them to achieve their personal physical and functional goals. This may include carrying out personal care assessments, supporting transfers and mobility,practicing functional tasks, exercises and educating and promoting self management.

CRS forms part of the larger Integrated Community Team consisting of CRS, District Nursing and Older People's Mental Health within the Taunton and West Somerset Neighbourhood. We also have close links with Rapid Response and Discharge To Assess supporting patients with their rehabilitation goals following discharge from hospital or following illness or injury.

We provide competency based training programmes and opportunities to develop skills in rehabilitation. There may also be opportunity for career progression through apprenticeship schemes.

About us

The CRS team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Apprentices, Rehab Assistants and Pharmacy Technicians. We work very closely with other services within the NHS as detailed above.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!