Job overview
We are expanding our Intermediate Care Teams who deliver Discharge to Assess, Urgent Community Response and Frailty Hospital at Home (FH@H) and are looking for a Community Rehabilitation Assistant to join our team.
As the Community Rehabilitation Assistant, you will provide support to adult patients in their own homes and Care homes. You will promote independence and improve quality of life by supporting patients to remain at home whilst being supported by a multi-disciplinary team. You will work with a team of Nurses and Therapists to set goals and assist patients to regain their independence. You will provide admin support to help ensure the efficient day to day running of the service. Strong communication skills and confident decision-making are a must for this role. You will be joining a motivated, caring and compassionate team.
In return we offer a fantastic induction programme, flexible family-friendly working patterns and pastoral support. There are excellent learning and development opportunities.
The Community Rehabilitation Assistant role is a full time post. Hours covered by the service are currently 08:00-20:00 7 days per week.
Being a driver is essential for this role.
For further queries, please contact Suzanne Kennedy
[email protected]
Main duties of the job
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.
Providing rehab based care to people in their own home, this will include a degree of personal care in the short term.
Monitoring deteriorating patients with support from clinicians
Training will be provided to reach competency in clinical observations, venepuncture, bladder scanning, ECG as required.
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 [email protected]
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
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This advert is for Community Rehabilitation Assistant with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust in Poole, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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