Rehabilitation Assistant

Job overview

The Discharge to Assess (D2A) Team has recently merged with our Bed Based teams across our 3 Community Hospitals. This is a hybrid role working as part of the D2A team but embedded within the inpatient team at Danesbury Neurological Centre.  You would be joining a supportive team of qualified therapists and therapy support workers to provide quality care to our D2A patients within care homes in and around the East & North Hertfordshire area, as well as the inpatients at Danesbury.

You will be based at Danesbury in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. However, when providing the D2A service, the post holder will be required to travel between care homes within East & North Hertfordshire including, Stevenage, Hatfield & Broxbourne.

Danesbury is a modern in-patient Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, with a large gym and specialist rehabilitation facilities and equipment. We offer 6 weeks of goal orientated rehabilitation to those who have experienced an acute stroke, brain injury or other neurological condition.

Full-time and part-time hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

• To assist qualified allied health professionals, including occupational therapists and physiotherapists in the delivery of rehabilitation in a variety of settings.
• To work without direct supervision, but under the direction of the qualified staff in the performance of specific tasks for an individual or group, as part of their treatment and rehabilitation programmes. This may be in a community setting such as the patient’s own home. It will include both individual one to one sessions and group sessions.
• To undertake routine assessment of people with acute conditions using investigative and analytical skill, under guidance of a qualified allied health professional.
• To formulate and deliver a standard individual management and or treatment programme, under guidance of a qualified therapist.
• To teach the use of walking aids, exercise equipment and aids and adaptations, including assessment and teaching of safety factors.
• To undertake routine wheelchair assessments and referrals, under the direction of a qualified member of staff.
• To carry out access visits into service user`s homes and collate and communicate relevant information and measurements back to the therapy team.
• To order any necessary equipment for service user’s as identified during the assessment period under the guidance, as required, of a qualified allied health professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more details

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.