Job requirements
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to perform core clinical competencies
- Skills
An awareness of health and safety issues
- Skills
Ability to deal with pressurised or unexpected situations
- Skills
Demonstrate organisational and time management skills
- Skills
Demonstrate ability and willingness to learn new skills
- Skills
Good written, spoken and non-verbal communication skills
- Skills
Physically fit to meet full demands of the post subject to occupational health clearance
- Skills
Willingness to ask for and take advice
- Skills
Ability to make decisions, using available evidence where necessary
- Skills
Commitment to high standard of care
- Skills
Commitment to personal and professional development
- Skills
Confident to work with other professionals
- Skills
Able to effectively work under supervision as part of a team
- Skills
Able to perform practical tasks effectively
- Skills
Flexible
- Skills
Empathetic to needs of a range of people
- Knowledge
Demonstrable understanding of the roles of members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge
Understanding the delivery of all aspects of individual patient care
- Knowledge
Understanding of local current issues in relation to primary care
- Knowledge
Demonstrate initiative following minimal direction by Senior Team - Allied Health Professional or Nurse
- Experience
Experience of working in a caring role undertaking a full range of clinical competencies to NVQ Level 3
- Qualifications
Written, verbal and numeric skills to GCSE or similar level
- Qualifications
NVQ Level 3 health related study or equivalent experience
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Worked as a therapy or healthcare assistant.
- Experience
Experience of working in more than one specialty within a health care environment.
- Qualifications
Care Certificate
- Qualifications
Experience of clerical work
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced health care staff to join the team in Longmoor House.
Experienced health care staff are required to provide reablement for patients as part of this new service within Mersey Care’s community division.
The Band 3 Reablement worker posts will be based in Longmoor House, on the Aintree Hospital site and will be supporting individuals to reach increased levels of independence and return home.
Successful candidates will be expected to work across a 24/7 shift pattern and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn, develop and practice a variety of skills, as well as being a valued member of our exceptional multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The Reablement Worker will function as part of the multidisciplinary team within a sub-acute intermediate care setting to provide a seamless service to patients.
The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a range of delegated tasks and will report to a registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional.
The Reablement Worker will provide general / specific rehabilitation, reablement and personal care as specified below for a patient group and will be proficient and competent to work across professional disciplines. The reablement worker will also be supported to achieve competencies to enable them to work in-between the disciplines.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients as per care plan and assist the nurses and Allied Health Professionals in patients’ treatment. To undertake rehabilitation and reablement of patients as per the multidisciplinary team plan
Perform patient assessment (under supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner) to identify goals and plan and deliver high standards of care
The clinical work will follow protocols/treatment plans and is aimed at exercise and advice where appropriate, as well as enabling the patient to improve functional ability and mobility (ability to get in and out of bed, transfer from chair to toilet, walk – with walking aid if necessary and climb stairs if appropriate) and promote independent living
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.
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This advert is for Reablement Worker with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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