Vacancies Rehabilitation Assistant - Forest Ward Swindon
Job Introduction
You will work as part of the Interdisciplinary team and assist the therapists to assess, plan, and deliver rehabilitation programmes to people in Swindon Intermediate Care centre.
* To be responsible for own time-management around the demands of therapists from a number of different disciplines.
* To be responsible for own caseload of patients working as part of the Interdisciplinary Team.
* To assist the therapists with assessment and treatment of patients and, where appropriate, with patients’ continued management including implementation, supervision and progression of therapy interventions whilst under distant supervision from the therapist.
* To work with patients individually and in groups using specific rehabilitation techniques and skills.
* To carry out routine and specific tasks with competence as requested by the Therapists which assist him/her in their role.
* To demonstrate a high level of initiative towards all aspects of the work ensuring effective delivery and running of day-to-day services.
* To participate in the assistant training programmes and to take every opportunity to learn and to develop skills, knowledge and competencies.
* To participate in Team discussions relating to service change and improvement.
* To assist in the teaching of other less experienced assistants and to provide advice and help in prioritising work.
* To assist in staff training, safe systems of work and departmental procedures.
* To work with volunteers supporting them in the carrying out of specific activities.
* To be able to measure, issue and fit appropriate aids and instruct patients on their safe use with knowledge gained through training and with reference to a Therapist.
* To assess returned equipment e.g. walking frames, in accordance with manufacturers guidelines to enable safe re-issuing.
* To ensure returned or used equipment is cleaned following local infection control guidelines.
The Ideal Candidate
We’re looking for someone who is motivated and compassionate with the following:
* Numerate GCSE (or equivalent) Maths.
* Experience of a previous role involving various modes of communication with a variety of people.
* Experience working at Band 2 in at least 1 of the following: Physiotherapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Rehabilitation Assistant, Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.
* A knowledge of what the job entails.
* Ability to communicate with people with barriers to communication.
* Ability to empathise, support and motivate patients and carers.
* Training in Rehabilitation competencies or equivalent base of theoretical knowledge.
* Ability to problem solve and use initiative.
* Ability to organise self and workload in order to complete given tasks within a given time.
Package Description
As a Rehabilitation Assistant, you’ll be part of our valued team.
You will feel valued as a Rehabilitation Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* £23,100 (pro rata to hours worked) with access to our group pension.
* Free tea and coffee at your base location.
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
* Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
* An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Rehabilitation Assistant - Forest Ward Swindon
* Frequency: Annual
* Job Reference: HCRGCG/TP/111231/14337
* Contract Type: Permanent - Full or Part Time
* Closing Date: 03 March, 2025
* Job Category: HCRG - Additional Clinical Services
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