Rehabilitation Assistant (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy)
NHS AfC : Band 4
Main area: Occupational Therapy
Grade: NHS AfC : Band 4
Contract: 12 months (This is a fixed term role to cover maternity leave, initially for 12 months but an extension may be offered if needed by the service)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Site: Queen Victoria Hospital
Town: East Grinstead
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/02/2025 23:59
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
A rare opportunity has arisen within the QVH therapy team based from our recently refurbished Rehabilitation Unit onsite at QVH. You will treat a caseload of patients as outpatients attending the unit, in classes but this role includes delivery of rehabilitative therapy within the patients' residence. The majority of the caseload is a mixture of frailty patients or those with chronic conditions including falls patients. A smaller portion of the caseload also includes those with neurological disorders and anxiety.
Ability to independently travel around the local area efficiently is essential as the majority of sessions occur within the patient’s residence in East Grinstead and surrounding villages.
Main duties of the job
This role will enable you to use your own initiative whilst under the direct or distant supervision of qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. You will also have opportunities to help with service improvement projects including audits and implementation of new ideas. We pride ourselves on sharing knowledge between professionals and working closely as a team.
We can offer the opportunity:
* To work in a department with strong professional leadership, effective peer facilitation and career development
* To work with a wide variety of patients within a shared caseload
* For excellent continuous professional development activities – In-service training, teaching, library support, regular supervision, funding to attend courses and conferences as well as extra 1:1 support when first starting the role
* To work within an effective, supportive and cohesive multi-disciplinary team
Working for our organisation
Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached material prior to completing your application form to find out more information.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE grade 4 or GCE C and above
* NVQ3 Therapeutics & Diagnostics (or commitment to achieve in 1 year) or able to demonstrate knowledge within this field through practical experience
Experience
* Experience in health or social care settings such as employment, work experience volunteering or placements
* Demonstrate the values of the NHS and commitment to personal and professional development
Skills
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to cope working in a stressful environment with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
* Organisational skills
Knowledge
* Understanding of role boundaries and the importance of supervision and carrying out appropriately delegated tasks.
* Understanding of healthcare
* Awareness of patient confidentiality
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