Rehabilitation Assistant

+ This post involves working within the Community Stroke team in clients' homes and residential homes under minimal supervision providing rehabilitation and care.
+ Supporting therapists and nurses in the implementation of rehabilitation and reablement care packages to stroke patients in their own homes or place of residence to promote independence.
+ Contribute to the administration and day to day operation of the NGH Community Stroke Team
+ To work a variety of shift patterns which includes weekends, bank holidays on a rota basis.
We provide a countywide seven-day service and weekend working is expected.
Being a car driver is essential. You will need to own your own car and have a valid UK full driving licence to work in this role.
There are three location teams to cover the county and elements of working from home. All staff are required to work flexibly across the county., Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
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We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals., · Provide goal-based reablement packages of care to individuals post stroke for a period of 6 weeks at a time. This could involve physical manual handling, assisting with activities of daily living, medication prompting, food preparation and household domestic tasks as designated in the care plan by a Nurse, Therapist or Care Manager. This list is not exhaustive.
· Follows rehabilitation plans as directed by a therapist or Nurse to provide goal-based rehabilitation to patients within their homes or place of residence.
· Assess and make recommendations for equipment, home adaptations, care provision and on-going rehabilitation, reporting these to a Therapist, Registered Nurse, or care manager.
· Deliver, fit, and demonstrate basic equipment to client and appropriate others, ensuring client safety.
· Provide appropriate advice to patients, their family and long-term carers, teaching and demonstrating the safe use of equipment or other techniques to optimise the patient's mobility, functional ability, safety, and independence under the supervision of a therapist.
· Implement and record planned programmes of care and rehabilitation to patients as directed by a Nurse, Therapist or Care Manager including the use of paper notes, electronic notes, telephone, email, and virtual platforms.
· Support patients through instruction and guidance in a range of therapeutic activities, under the direction of a therapist, in the achievement of identified treatment goals.
· To involve clients and carers in the planning of care/rehabilitation programmes and encourage self-management where appropriate.
· Build professional relationships with patients, their family and carers, through use of communication, reasoning and negotiating skills, respecting others' views, culture, autonomy and individuality.
· Able to communicate effectively with patients who have speech, cognitive or behavioural issues and implement ways of promoting effective communication.
· Recognises potential communication barriers and identifies and employs suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating e.g. altered perception, expressive and receptive dysphasia and fear or inability to accept diagnosis and implications
· Listens actively to clients to establish an understanding of their needs to help them make informed decisions about their care.
· Gains client trust and consent prior to procedures so can administer planned care.
· To be an advocate for clients i.e., making team members aware of any concerns if it is in the client's best interest.
· In an emergency, institutes an immediate response including CPR where necessary.
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.

The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team (N-CST) has delivered a robust Integrated Community Stroke Service model (ICSS), as per the national guidelines, for over a decade.
N-CST continues to see patients within 48 hours of discharge home, for rehabilitation assessment and intensive goal-based rehabilitation.
The patients time with the team is needs based and patients can access any of the other services they require, regardless of time post stroke.
Rehabilitation is completed by a stroke specialist MDT, that includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses, Rehabilitation Practitioners, Rehabilitation Assistants and Admin staff. The team also has face to face exercise groups and six-month reviews.