Rehabilitation Assistant - Community Neurological Rehabilitation
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
2025 is here and we are delighted to be able to advertise these new roles in our friendly and supportive Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service (CNRS)! If you are interested in playing an active role helping people with neurological conditions live well, this role may be for you.The CNRS team comprises of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists and Assistant Practitioners who work together collaboratively to meet the needs of this population in Buckinghamshire. This role offers great opportunity for you to work closely with clients both individually and in group settings, to improve or maintain their independence and quality of life.
You will work closely with the whole clinical team with ample opportunity for training and development, and will actively contribute to the day to day running of the service alongside your clinical duties, as well as being involved in service development and improvement work.
If this sparks your interest please do contact us to discuss further, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job- To support the service and registered therapy staff by implementing and undertaking designated patient assessment and treatment programmes, including community/home visit sessions.
- To provide therapy to people with neurological diagnoses, working within agreed treatment plans, protocols, and policies without direct supervision, under the guidance of the registered team and alongside the multi-professional team.
- To document, evaluate and feedback to registered therapists following all interventions
- To support the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service in non-clinical tasks.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria- Good level of education to GCSE standard (at least 3 subjects)
- Level 3 GCSE or equivalent in English
- NVQ level III in Health Care
- Manual Handling or First Aid qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Able to accept and undertake responsibility for designated tasks
- Previous work as a Rehabilitation Assistant
- Previous work in health care environment and experience of patients with neurological impairment
- Experience within a customer care (face to face) environment
Skills, Abilities & knowledge
Essential criteria- Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
- Demonstrate good organisational skills
- Demonstrate insight into the importance of maintaining a safe working environment
- Ability to learn / ability to selfinitiate learning (evidence within the last 2 years)
- Able to work within a team setting
- Able to maintain written communications / records
- Evidence of self-motivation and initiative
- Awareness of health & safety issues and policies
- Able to know own limitations and seek advice
- Able to complete tasks set, follow instructions
- Flexible and adaptable in approach to work
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks
- Physical ability and endurance to work in the physical environment of the clinical area required by this post
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria- Ability to work weekends
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.