Community Rehabilitation Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

The search has begun for Community Rehabilitation Assistants for a NEW SERVICE for Discharge to assess (Home First) within the North Unit of Management: Community Health Services Division.

We are looking to recruit dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Rehabilitation Assistants to join this new and exciting service within the North of Nottingham, covering the Bassetlaw area ( Base is in Retford).

You will work within the Discharge to Assess within the North Unit of Management, under the direction of a registered professional and part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation. Providing care to patients within a community setting, who require reablement / rehabilitation support to enable them to carry out activities of daily living in order to maintain them within their own home environment.

This could be the role for you, and we would love to hear from you if you can

Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.

Support our patients within a community setting that enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs to avoid and reduce hospital admissions by implementing patient tailored rehabilitation, nursing care and exercise programmes.

Demonstrate high levels of care and compassion providing rehabilitation for adults to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people achieve their rehabilitation goalswithin the places they call home.

Enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification in order to be shortlisted for interview.

We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our team....so if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of working...we want to hear from you.

Why choose us?

As a part of the North Unit of Management family and this new venture you can expect to be supported by your colleagues in your work, supported to extend your clinical reasoning and practical clinical skills to enhance your career and have your talent nurtured.

We acknowledge personal and work commitments is sometimes difficult to manage, and we will support people to achieve the right work life balance through flexible working in a variety of full and part time roles which aim to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.

You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer;

Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)

Pension scheme

Flexible working and job share opportunities

Promotion of a healthy work life balance

Salary sacrifice schemes e.g., public transport loans, cycle schemes

Staff discount schemes e.g., Discounted leisure Centre membership

Free on-site parking (dependent on site)

An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services

Support for carers

Travel mileage costs are repaid for all mileage on Trust business and is paid above the government standard rate.

Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk

If you want to be a Community Rehabilitation Assistant that is a part of this exciting new service, that makes a difference to the population of Nottinghamshire, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within an older persons setting.
• Experience of working as an assistant in treating adults with rehabilitation needs.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of prioritising workload and working under own initiative

Desirable

• Experience of working with groups of patients in a therapeutic role

Knowledge

Essential

• To have a basic understanding of common physical and mental health issues in older people and have an understanding of their needs.
• To have knowledge of Equality and Diversity issues.

Desirable

• To have an understanding of the roles of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy.
• To have an understanding of risk assessments.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate good organisational skills.
• Good I.T. Skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the patients and the service
• To have a caring, emphatic and positive attitude when working with all patients, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to demonstrate sound communication skills both verbal and written to patients, carers and staff

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Retford Hospital

North road

Retford

DN22 7XF

Employer's website

https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)