Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
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.
Job overview
We are seeking Rehab Assistants to work on a temporary, as-needed basis.
We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Rehabilitation Assistant with a passion for general physical rehabilitation to work within NELFT’s London based Intensive Rehabilitation Service (IRS).
The IRS is a large multidisciplinary community team which offers an alternative to hospital bed-based rehabilitation, supporting patients to recover at home within their own environment. As part of the team within IRS, you will have a caseload of community patients and you will support the Therapy Team in IRS to provide patient-centred treatments.
Please ensure you meet the person specifications and have the relevant qualifications required for the role.
Main duties of the job
* Carrying out treatment plans as per plan of OT/PT.
* To be responsible for organising and prioritising own delegated workload.
* To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.
* To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust.
* To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
* To plan and organise own delegated work.
* To identify and report any changes in patient care needs or changes in physical or emotional well-being to the MDT leads.
* To maintain accurate records, record new problems as they are identified and report all actions taken to the MDT.
* To act as the patient’s advocate and, by providing information and support, facilitate the patient’s own choices with regard to personal care, promoting independence and self-care as appropriate.
* To be skilled in communication, establishing and maintaining good relationships with patients, carers, and members of the MDT.
* To maintain, update and develop personal, professional knowledge and skills achieving high standards of patient care at all times.
* To undertake specific nursing and therapy tasks following completion of theoretical training acquisition of competency.
* To maintain confidentiality in all dealings with patients and their records.
* To offer support and to teach patients, relatives and other carers appropriate skills, imparting knowledge to promote positive health.
* To have knowledge of and be able to effectively use available resources.
* To participate in the support of student nurses and new staff in the locality.
* To undertake training, this will lead to new skills being developed, in order to develop Services.
* Reflect on practice regularly and plan personal development in order to achieve growth development.
* Access supervision from the qualified team members to enhance own practice.
* To partake in internal rotations as per service requirements.
Working for our organisation
We operate a Temporary Staffing service and offer our Bank Staff excellent benefits including:
* Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay;
* Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay;
* Access to the NHS pension scheme;
* Paid mandatory training;
* Opportunities for locally agreed training;
* PAMOVA training for Mental Health staff;
* Flexibility of hours/location;
* Priority over agency staff for booking shifts;
* Free uniform;
* Opportunity to apply for permanent posts.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
* Able to work in isolation.
* Recent Relevant Experience in a community setting and basic level of theoretic knowledge.
Skills
* Ability to work under own direction.
* Ability to work under pressure and with flexibility.
Qualifications
* NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy.
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:
* 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.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to 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.
* 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.
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.
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