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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Do you have a passion for rehabilitation and ready to make a real difference in the lives of others?
We are currently recruiting for a Rehabilitation Assistant to work on our inpatient 12 bedded Stroke rehabilitation ward currently based at Meadow Court, Goodmayes.
As a Rehab Assistant, you'll play a vital role in helping stroke patients on their journey to recovery. You will be working as part of our multi-disciplinary therapy team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and Speech and Language therapists that input into our stroke unit to provide specialist stroke therapy intervention.
This will include assisting patients to regain as much functional independence as possible through working on a patient rehabilitation goal approach.
The successful candidate will work under supervision to assist in carrying out rehabilitation programmes and interventions, including joint sessions and carrying out sessions independently as well as running exercise groups.
The team and Trust are fully committed to support development, providing appropriate training, supervision and appraisals.
The candidate should be motivated and enthusiastic and be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills when communicating with patients, carers and members of staff.
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own delegated workload
2. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide care to patients on our stroke ward by carrying out and monitoring treatment programmes as directed.
3. Monitor patient progress and provide feedback to the team.
4. To liaise with the MDT, internal and external agencies including voluntary and social services, patients, relatives and carers.
5. To be responsible for competent use and maintenance of all relevant equipment, to report defects in equipment to the lead therapist and follow up
6. To collate and provide statistical information patient activity
7. Analyse basic patient information to make informed decisions.
8. To be able to make accurate and effective records of activities in relation to the patients.
Please see job description for full list of duties.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High-Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436).
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
9. Good General education: NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
10. Life skills gained through work or personal experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
11. Basic understanding of therapy and patient therapy/nursing needs
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Previous experience of working within a care setting
Desirable criteria
13. Previous experience in a therapy setting or as a rehab assistant
14. Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
15. experience of using computerised records
Skills
Essential criteria
16. Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing
17. basic IT skills
18. time management / organisational skills
19. ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
Other
Essential criteria
20. Ability to travel efficiently throughout the area
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
21. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
22. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
23. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
24. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.