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Medical Protection Advertisement

Location
Salary
£28,622 - £30,225 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 3
Deadline
19 Mar 2025
Contract Type
Fixed term: 12 months (12 month FTC with possibility of extension)
Posted Date
05 Mar 2025

Job overview

The Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit is a 24-bedded unit offering multi-disciplinary assessment and rehabilitation to patients with complex neurological needs.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our dynamic team of Occupational Therapy staff. Your work will involve assisting the Occupational Therapy Team in the rehabilitation and management of complex patients who have been admitted to hospital following a  severe acquired neurological injury.

Patients are often not able to move or care for themselves and the ability to participate in manual handling tasks is crucial. Competence and capability in undertaking personal care, such as assisting patients with washing and dressing, and toileting, is needed.

You will work as part of the Occupational Therapy Team within a larger multi-disciplinary team.  Experience of working within a team and contributing to its function is essential. You need to be well motivated and able to take initiative, with a passion to improve your own skills and knowledge. Opportunities for training and development are available through in-service training and appraisal.

Experience in working in a rehab setting and a significant interest in pursuing a career in healthcare is desirable. The post would particularly suit applicants with experience working within Healthcare with adults with disabilities.

Main duties of the job

  • To work with patients with cognitive, sensory, communicative, physical and psychosocial disabilities .
  • To work holistically to encourage optimum patient abilities
  • To assist with cognitive, functional, physical, communicative, emotional and behavioural aspects of a patient’s rehabilitation/ disability management programme.
  • To assist and support with personal care as part of therapeutic interventions.
  • To supervise under the guidance of OT the preparation of hot drinks and meals.
  • To support patient’s rehabilitation outside the unit i.e. shopping / travel training / recreational access within the community
  • To deliver/assist patients in carrying out individualised exercise programmes.
  • To support patients in the use and education around electronic assistive technology (EAT) such as powered wheelchair training.
  • To establish an effective working relationship with each patient.
  • To liaise with and communicate effectively with carers, and members of the interdisciplinary team in a timely manner, including feedback regarding the implementation of rehabilitation and care programmes.
  • To respect the patient’s dignity and rights to privacy and individuality.
  • To attend fortnightly MDT in-service meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification