Primary Purpose of Role: The role of the rehabilitation assistant is integral to the service and vital in enabling the service to support those that wish to remain at home for end of life care, prevent hospital admission and enable residents to leave hospital earlier to continue rehabilitation and recovery at home. The role is supported by a team of therapists guiding and educating in the delivery of physiotherapy and occupational therapy programmes.
Responsibilities include:
1. To deliver safe and skilled person-centred support to residents of RBWM in their own homes. This can include personal care, meal preparation, medications, and rehabilitation programmes.
2. To provide detailed feedback to the therapy team/service coordinators and duty officers to enable the rehabilitation plans to be reviewed and updated as the service user progresses back to independence. The service provides equipment to allow the team to manage this.
3. To report any deterioration and/or changes in condition to enable appropriate medical interventions to take place, which may include liaising with district nurses, GPs, social workers, and other allied health professionals.
4. To confidently use initiative and decision-making skills in order to keep the service users safe and free from harm in the community.
5. To participate fully in weekly and monthly team meetings, supervision, and appraisal processes.
6. To work with families and carers to explain and support them to understand the rehabilitation process.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further detail of duties and responsibilities.
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