Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner (NHS AfC: Band 4) - Community - NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Posted 3 days 14 hours ago by NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Site Waltham Forest Rehab Service, 1st Floor Woodbury Unit Town Leytonstone Salary £27,485 - £30,162 per Anum, Plus HCAS (Pro rata) Salary period Yearly
Joining 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.
Job overviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated person to be part of the Waltham Forest Rehabilitation Service.
The Waltham Forest Rehabilitation Service is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants and Rehabilitation Practitioners.
The team provide short term intensive rehabilitation to patients in their own homes following a period of illness or injury. You will have support from and work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide patient centred rehabilitation programmes.
Main duties of the jobWe are looking for an individual who has:
- Relevant experience in a health and social care setting and base level of Occupational therapy/Physiotherapy knowledge
- Knowledge of patient/client conditions relevant to community rehabilitation
- Ability to work under own direction
- Able to travel to meet the need of the role
The successful candidate will work alongside the therapy staff to promote independence and improve function for people recently discharged from hospital.
Working for our organisationOur Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification Qualifications- Relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent achieved
- Relevant experience in a healthcare setting and base level of therapy knowledge
- Associate Practitioner Course or relevant experience
- Extensive experience of working as a band 3 rehabilitation assistant in a community setting
- Minimum of two years at a band 3 or equivalent
- Experience of providing supervision
- Awareness of relevant therapy techniques
- Experience of working in adult social care
- An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- Knowledge of patient/client conditions relevant to the community setting
- Knowledge of multi-professional working
- Understand the need for professional conduct
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.