Advanced Rehabilitation Support Worker

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible therapy assistant to join the busy stroke team at the Royal London Hospital.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, plenty of initiative and good time management skills. Experience of working with patients or the public is essential, and you will be required to demonstrate the Trust values at all times.
This post involves close multidisciplinary team working with the Physiotherapists, Speech and Language and Occupational therapists within the acute setting; as well as the wider MDT team including doctors and nurses. The post is working on the inpatient stroke ward
(which is a mixture of hyper acute and acute stroke beds).
The role involves a number of different duties, including working unsupervised, reporting back regarding patient progress, informing the therapists of any problems and maintaining appropriate records as well as providing assistance to the therapists with patient assessment and treatment sessions, carrying out intervention and treatment programmes, ordering equipment and stock supply, and completion of organisational and administrative tasks., To support the inpatient therapy teams (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy) within the Acute Stroke Unit at the Royal London Hospital in providing high quality patient centered care:
· To assist therapists in the rehabilitation of patients by carrying out treatment plans developed by therapists and by progressing those treatment plans within agreed frameworks.
· To carry out patient assessment and treatment in a wide variety of settings including the ward and gym.
· To undertake formalised assessments and reporting including access visits and cognitive and functional measures.
· To facilitate stroke survivors with self-management
· Work autonomously without direct supervision to support patients in their rehabilitation plans using advanced communication and therapeutic handling skills.
· Assist therapists in treatment requiring more than one therapist including those with complex therapeutic handling needs.
· To lead the efficiency processes of timetabling and prioritisation for Rehab Support Workers (RSWs)
· Lead the delivery of Therapist prescribed group exercise and education programmes.
· To autonomously identify need for re-evaluation, progression and termination of interventions
· Modify specific patient treatment programmes by reassessing and progressing as appropriate where agreed by responsible Therapist

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The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment., We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
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