Rehabilitation Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Visit clients within their place of residency to support rehabilitation programs, devised by qualified professionals and Therapy Assistant Practitioners.
• Promotes empathy, understanding, compassion and a safe environment for all clients and colleagues.
• Gains client, family and carers consent prior to completing client-centred activities.
• Listens actively to clients to establish an understanding of their needs to help them make informed decisions about their care.
• Encourages independent self-care and health promotion
• Monitors clients progress, providing prompt truthful and sensitive feedback to client, family, carers, the case holder and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• To form professional relationships with clients and communicate condition related information to them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
• To be an advocate for clients and their best interest.
• Recognise risks to clients, family or carers, escalating and discussing concerns with the case holder, identifying and completing an incident report and/or Safeguarding alert as required.
• Recognises potential communication barriers and implement ways of promoting effective communication.
• Manages unpredictable and/or volatile situations effectively.
• Works closely with all members of Community Health Services and partner services.
• Completes initial and refresher trainings in observation taking, medicines management, SEPSIS and NEWS 2.
• Completes trainings identified by senior staff or the Trust to remain compliant with ever changing demands and directives.
• Assist and perform relevant diagnostic procedures as requested by appropriate clinicians.
• Assists with prescribed medication according to Trust policy.
• Identify relevant basic equipment and feedback to case holder with appropriate clinical reasoning.
• Deliver, fit and demonstrate basic prescribed equipment to client and appropriate others, ensuring client safety.
• Safely undertakes moving and handling as well as positioning of clients using appropriate equipment as part of rehabilitation program, adhering to the Trusts Moving and Handling Policy.
• Continually completes risk assessments for client, self and others.
• Undertake clinical procedures within own scope of competencies, safely and precisely utilising a variety of clinical interventions and equipment.
• Performs basic assessments, using evidence-based knowledge to recognise abnormalities in clients condition or home situation and ensures a timely handover to the appropriate professional.
• In an emergency situation, the knowledge and skills for immediate
• response including CPR can and will be applied, escalating to the appropriate healthcare professional or emergency services.
• Maintains client confidentiality at all times.
• Respects clients as individuals and ensures their dignity and privacy.
• Promotes health and wellbeing enabling clients to access information and resources appropriate to their needs.
• Ability to travel by car across the county of Bedfordshire

Person Specification

Education, Qualification and Training

Essential

• NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care and/or significant care experience

Desirable

• Care Certificate

Other

Essential

• Access to a vehicle and holds a full UK drivers license
• Able and willing to travel countywide
• Able to work weekday, inclusive of bank holidays, weekends and shift work 8-4pm or 1-9pm

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a Health or Social care setting
• Have an understanding of the importance of quicker hospital discharges to medically optimise patient's recovery

Desirable

• Experience of working within the Community Health/Social Care
• Significant experience of client personal, physical and general care tasks.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Be able to undertake frequent standing, bending, kneeling, crouching, hoisting and other moving and handling practices.
• Demonstrates a commitment to equality and diversity
• Evidence strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Awareness of Therapy based rehabilitation practice
• Ability to complete basic wound care and clinical observations

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Grove View Integrated Health and Social Care Hub

Court Drive

Dunstable

LU5 4JD

Employer's website

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