Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Basic IT skills including patient records
- Skills
Time management skills
- Skills
Team worker
- Skills
Organisational skills
- Skills
Ability to travel efficiently and effectively across all sites within NELFT
- Knowledge
An awareness of NHS priorities
- Knowledge
Previous experience in a therapy setting
- Knowledge
Ability to communicate effectively use verbal and non-verbal styles of communication
- Knowledge
Ability to work independently and under supervision
- Experience
Life skills gained through work or personal experience
- Qualifications
NVQ or Equivalent in healthcare or willingness to work towards
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We are kind.
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We are respectful.
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We work together with our communities.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Stock control/management
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced rehab assistants to join our staff bank. The successful candidates, will support the trust to consistently deliver a client-focused service which promotes good customer service and effective working relationships. They would be working as part of the Intensive Rehabilitation Service (IRS) to provide high quality, timely rehabilitation for patients requiring step up from the integrated health team or step down from an acute or community bed across the areas of Havering, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Carry out and monitor treatment plans under guidance of healthcare professionals
Observe patient progress and contribute to clinical decision-making
Work within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) across health, social, and voluntary sectors Coordinate with patients, carers, and transport services to organise care and visits
Maintain and competently use clinical equipment, report faults, and manage stock
Follow health and safety protocols and organisational guidelines
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Details
- Date posted: 14 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: £14.05 an hour
- Contract: Bank
- Working pattern: Flexible working
- Reference number: GHX-BAN-002052
- Job locations: Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford, Essex, IG3 8XJ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Full details of the role can be found in the attached job description. If you have any questions about the role, please contact temporary staffing recruitment team.
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This advert is for Bank Rehabilitation Assistant with North East London NHS Foundation Trust in Ilford, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Rehabilitation assistant role. The advertised salary is £14.05. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 28 Sep 2026.
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