Generic Rehabilitation Assistant for Critical Care

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a rehabilitation assistant to work alongside the established therapies team to provide comprehensive rehabilitation within Critical Care/Long term ventilation services.

This is a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation assistant role working as part of a dynamic team comprising of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists and Clinical Psychologists. You will be delivering early rehabilitation programmes to patients within the critical care/long term ventilation service at the University Hospital of Wales.

This role will enable you to gain and develop your rehabilitation skills through working with a range of patients with a variety of conditions and injuries.

We wish to appoint a motivated individual with excellent communication skills, effective team working, initiative and a passion for rehabilitation.

We welcome telephone enquiries or visits to the unit to help you with the application process. Please tailor your application according to the person specification.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate they have an interest in rehabilitation, are a team player with excellent communication skills, a positive outlook, enthusiastic and can learn new skills. Previous experience in rehabilitation in the acute hospital setting would be advantageous.

The post holder will provide a service alongside the therapy team to assist in the provision of patient centered rehabilitation. They will work, under supervision, to assist the therapists in clinical and administrative duties, following specific competency- based training.

The post holder will be delegated routine treatment programmes to be carried out independently, and progress treatments within guidelines laid down by the Therapists.

A full and comprehensive induction and training programme will be provided, allowing you to develop skills in various therapeutic areas.

Working hours are Monday to Friday to support the multi-disciplinary therapies team. This post is based at the University Hospital of Wales.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.