Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant

Can you contribute to a creative and dynamic service? Do you have an interest in neurorehabilitation? Do you enjoy working in the community?
Then we may have the position for you! We are seeking a full time Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant to join our Community Neurorehabilitation service.
You will be joining a hard working, motivated and compassionate team that are committed to providing high quality rehabilitation to the residents of Lambeth and Southwark.
You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, assisting Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists providing therapy for adults with neurological diagnoses, e.g. Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), as well as progressive neurological conditions e.g. Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease and Parkinson's Disease., + To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, assisting therapists in providing neuro rehabilitation service to adults living in Lambeth and Southwark.
+ To undertake specific, skilled support work to aid patients' rehabilitation.
+ To work autonomously, reporting back to therapist(s) on patients' progress or any problems.
+ To assist the team with administrative and clerical duties.
+ To be involved in supporting group therapy., You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT). This includes; Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologist, Neurorehabilitation consultant and Rehabilitation Assistants. Teams may also have a Social Worker.
You will also work alongside members of the wider neurorehabilitation service, the Deputy Clinical Lead(s), and Service Lead to support a seamless service for patients.
You will be required to liaise with a number of other external agencies within the health, social care and charity sectors for example; GPs, social workers, district nurses, care staff and local and national charities such as Headway, the Stroke Association, and Aphasia Re-Connect. You will also work alongside staff in leisure centres, gyms, care homes, the patient's workplace, and other sites where rehabilitation might take place.
Building rapport with patients, their families and carers is a vital aspect of this role., Clinical and Operational
+ To accept patients referred from different disciplines/members of the team (for example this could include delivering home exercise programmes, creating communication booklets etc.) and work with rehab assistant colleagues to allocate these referrals.
+ To manage own patient caseload across both boroughs and organise own working schedule as required. Ensure flexibility to meet service demands as required.
+ To meet expected clinical contacts as per service targets for entire team. To review and discuss this within supervision and flag if any barriers to achieving this.
+ To work in a variety of community settings including neurorehabilitation service bases, out-patient clinics, the patient's home environment and the community with or without direct supervision.
+ To participate in decision-making regarding patient rehabilitation programs. This includes contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings and case conferences.
+ To complete risk assessments and continually evaluate risk in relation to all aspects of safety regarding self, patient and colleagues.
+ To treat patients according to programmes developed by the MDT; monitoring patient's progress and adapting treatment as required, ensuring regular and timely feedback is given to the treating clinician(s).
+ To deliver rehabilitation programmes in an interdisciplinary way, incorporating goals from each discipline within functional activities.
+ To maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records that are consistent with organisational, legal and professional requirements. Records will detail all interventions with the patient and include evaluations of progress through clinical notes and contribution to discharge reports.
+ To complete clinical administrative tasks such as the booking of appointments, ordering equipment, organising clinics/groups, signposting to other services, completing onward referrals.
+ To clearly communicate discharge plans and health and social needs with the patient and relevant others collaboratively with members of MDT based on rehabilitation progress and attainment of goals.
+ To be responsible for the ordering, fitting, review and, if required, collection of prescribed equipment under the guidance of a clinician.
+ To report any concerns about the welfare of patients directly to the treating therapists and supervisor/line manager.
+ To assist with Datix incident reporting.
+ To assist with the development of students on placement.
+ Working from different bases depending on clinical caseload, and to ensure attendance to various meetings including training and supervision.
+ The post holder must use Skyguard and other personal protective equipment as determined by the service to ensure safety in general and to protect lone workers in particular.
Administration & Clerical
+ To assist with team administrative duties, and receive tasks from different members of MDT and ensure actioned in a timely manner.
+ To undertake general office duties, including managing peripheral equipment stores and maintain stock on all sites.
+ To ensure access to different devices (laptop/phone) throughout working day whilst travelling between visits/sites, organising diary effectively, and ensure accessing/recording information accurately.
+ To allow access to your diary from other members of MDT in order to request joint visits/patient sessions/completion of tasks as availability allows.
Communication
+ To take into account the views and wishes of patients, carers and families, respecting their preference and diversity.
+ To use effective verbal and non-verbal communication styles to engage patients in their treatment plans. You will be working with patients who may have barriers to understanding e.g. cognitive or communication difficulties, blindness, deafness or where English is not their first language.
+ To communicate information to patients who have complex needs; physical, cognitive, psychological and emotional. In these situations, people may demonstrate high levels of anxiety and distress.
+ To build therapeutic relationships with patients using empathy and active listening skills.
+ To effectively use written and verbal communication with the MDT, families, carers, other professionals and agencies. This may involve meetings, phone calls, emails and formal referrals.
+ To feedback patient progress and updates to treating clinicians, using both written and verbal communication.
+ To attend patient related meetings as appropriate.
+ To ensure transparency within role with patients/families/colleagues to maintain good duty of candour compliance.
Education and Professional Development
+ To develop a high level of understanding of the roles of the MDT members.
+ To develop and maintain competencies related to the post.
+ To be aware of your own scope of practice and only undertake work for which you have received training and where an agreed competency has been reached.
+ To actively participate and contribute to service development.
+ To participate in training programmes relating to the post.
+ To participate in the induction and training of therapy and other health and social care professionals, volunteers and students.
+ To actively participate in regular structured supervision with supervisor/line manager using critical thinking, reflection and analysis to develop learning. Supervision sessions will be recorded, documenting agreed actions and discussion points.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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NHS AfC: Band 4
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
The Integrated Local Services directorate provides a range of community and inpatient health services for adults within the communities of Lambeth and Southwark, with some services also provided in Lewisham. Our hospital- based inpatient and outpatient services provide care for adults from across the region.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients