# Community Rehabilitation Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-rehabilitation-assistant/222b1936-077c-489f-beed-9c55e663055b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-rehabilitation-assistant/222b1936-077c-489f-beed-9c55e663055b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Ann's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Rehabilitation assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £20,608 - £21,980 p.a - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (The hours of operation are from 08:00 to 20:00, Monday to Sunday as part of a 7 day working rota. Includes weekend and bank holiday working.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T09:30:57.395Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Weymouth/Dorset_HealthCare_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Intermediate_Care_Teams/Intermediate_Care_Teams-v8196615 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8196615?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Integrated Community Rehabilitation Team is a multi-disciplinary team offering therapy to a wide range of people within their home environments to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate earlier hospital discharge. It is essential that you have experience of rehabilitation or a caring role, preferably in the community settings, as well as having good verbal, written and team working skills. You will need to be flexible in your approach and confident to work alone. Basic IT skills and NVQ level 2/3 would be advantageous. Responsibilities will require you to work mainly under the close supervision of the clinicians within the team, but at times also to work autonomously. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment, we can provide an opportunity for you to develop your clinical skills and experience in a supportive team, with regular supervision and appraisals. You will be required to achieve a certain competency level which we will give you support and training to help you reach. Opportunities for further training may be available through the Trusts Training Department. Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful. Hours covered by the service are 08:00-20:00, 7 days per week on a rota basis with weekend enhanced pay! Being a driver is essential for this role. ### Main duties of the job Providing rehab based care to people in their own home or on the ward, this will include undertaking personal care tasks such as helping someone wash and dress. Completing supervised assessments of mobility, equipment and function Monitoring deteriorating patients with support from clinicians Working with other Rehab Assistants to provide the service across 7 days Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application. As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### BUSINESS TRAVEL **Essential** - Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business. ### FINANCE/RESOURCES **Essential** - Able to effectively manage available resources in the pursuit of quality service provision ensuring a safe environment ### ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS **Essential** - Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively. ### JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience working in Health or social care setting - Experience of developing programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing advice - Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively **Desirable** - Experience of working in the community - Previous experience of rehab of elderly/adults ### PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES **Essential** - Evidence of demonstrating the Trust’s values and behaviours. - Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills. - Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities. - Able to analyse and assess situations and to interpret potentially conflicting situations and determine appropriate action, where there is a range of options and judgement is required. - Demonstrable ability of using tact and diplomacy - Ability to work autonomously if required - Willing to work flexibly and proactively with the team, including weekend and bank holiday working - Good time management skills ### KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING **Essential** - NVQ care level 2/3 or willing to work towards - Skills to manage challenging situations - Good organisational skills/decision making ### INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/RESOURCES **Desirable** - Able to evaluate data and produce reports using Microsoft Excel and Word - Experience of using electronic patient / service user record systems ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 629.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625560) - [dbs information (pdf, 22.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2340) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 316.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=695) - [pay scales from 1 april 2025 (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1941) - [applications recruitment flowchart (pdf, 434.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=866) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.