HCA / Rehabilitation Assistant

Job overview

Previous applicants need not apply. If you have previously applied for this role and your application was not successful you will not be considered during the shortlisting stage.

Please note this vacancy requires a face to face interview with the Recruiting Manager. Applicants that are unable to attend a face to face interview need not apply.

This is a part time post which does not meet the salary threshold criteria for sponsorship so regrettably we cannot offer sponsorship.  If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately your application form be rejected from the process.

Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) is currently looking to recruit HCA/Rehabilitation Assistants (Health Care Assistants in our rehab team) to join our community rehabilitation service.

The Collaborative Care Team, the team works jointly with Frailty Virtual Ward and Community Stroke Team/Early Support Discharge Service.

Main duties of the job

The Collaborative Care Team is a multi-disciplinary therapy led team providing rapid assessment and rehabilitation for patients living within their own homes. The team support the facilitation of discharge and the prevention of admission for patients who require rehabilitation for a range of conditions including stroke, orthopaedics and unstable fracture management; neurological issues and jointly works with Frailty Virtual Ward team and service.

As part of our friendly supportive team, you will be providing person centred care and supportive recovery.  The service is provided across the whole of the South East Essex area including Castlepoint, Rochford and Southend and as such, it is essential that any applicant is able to travel efficiently and effectively across this area.

The successful candidate will support people with personal care and assist in the provision of rehabilitation programmes during a range of shift patterns over seven days per week, in line with service needs.  Candidates should be motivated, willing to learn and be enthusiastic and demonstrate good interpersonal skills when communicating with patients, families, carers and colleagues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our population’s health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a ‘one workforce’ cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education and experience of Healthcare Assistants.

To support this ‘one workforce model’ the successful candidate for this post will be required to attend our 5 day (Monday to Friday) face to face Induction Programme at our MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will therefore fall on one of two of the HCA Academy induction dates across the month, which will be discussed and agreed during the recruitment process.

Our HCA Academy Induction programme has been designed to train and support the successful candidate through the early stages of their employment at EPUT and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience.

Further information will be provided post interview.

This will be followed by an additional 5 day (Monday to Friday) EPUT corporate / mandatory training welcome. (EPUT Welcome will be varied between face to face and virtual delivery).