Rehabilitation Support Worker
Job overview
Coastal Well-Being Team are a large and supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to housebound patients.
We are looking to recruit a Band 3 Rehabilitation Support Worker to assist Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapist working under supervision in providing a ward and community based therapy service to patients in Dawlish Community Hospital to promote faster recovery from illness and support timely discharge and maximise independent living.
In your role, you will be skilled in sensitively ensuring patients are aware of their limitations and that all goals are, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound. Elsewhere, you will participate in the review or case conference of individual clients and contribute to the evaluation and development of their progress in reaching goals.
Main duties of the job
As a Rehabilitation Support Worker you will be part of the Inpatient Therapy team supporting the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist with rehabilitation programmes for patients in Dawlish Hospital.
You will collect, collate and record appropriate personally generated observations and report any significant changes that might be detrimental to the patient.
It is important to have good organisation skills in order to meet the challenges and work effectively whilst under pressure and with frequent interruptions.
Working for our organisation
Why work with us
We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, making a difference and helping patients through their recovery and returning back to health and independence.
We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance with Opportunity to work autonomously.
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our Torbay and South Devon Team. #CareToJoinUsTSD
Unfortunately, in line with the Home Office standards, this post is not eligible for sponsorship.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role responsibilities, please review our combined job description and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Alex Pleace
Job title
Head of Occupational Therapy
Coastal Intermediate Care & Therapy Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07768066939
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria- Written and verbal skills
- Basic IT skills
- NVQ 3 or equivalent desirable
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria- Ability to communicate with diverse groups of people
- Ability to keep accurate reports according to organisational procedure
- Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health safety and security
- Understands need to work within the limits of own competence and responsibility and refer issues beyond these to relevant people
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary team/multiagency team (in hours)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Specific Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to recognise and report behaviour that undermines inequality and diversity
- Ability to work in a way that is in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice
- Working independently
- Ability to prioritise delegated work
Requirements due to work environment and / or conditions
Essential criteria- Ensuring manual handling policy is understood and adhered to in order for tasks to be carried out without putting staff/patients/carers at risk of injury.
- Working with bodily fluids
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION- We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
- Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
- Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly.
- Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
- If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
- It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
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