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Rehabilitation Assistant

Band 3

Main area
317 Physiotherapy - Corporate
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: This post will cover 3 days a week.
Hours
Part time - 24 hours per week
Job ref
317-2023-19-27-DR
Site
Freeman Hospital
Town
317 01 Freeman Hospital
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/06/2023 23:59
Interview date
22/06/2023

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rehabilitation Assistant to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team under the supervision of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists to support 7 day working into the Rehab Stroke unit at Freeman Hospital.

You will implement treatment programmes prescribed by the therapist, making minor modifications when necessary often working without direct supervision.

  • Interview Date: 22nd June 2023
  • 24 Hours per a week 
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should have a technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III health related care or equivalent technical/work experience or have previous experience working as a Therapy Assistant.

You will need to have an appreciation of the principles of rehabilitation and experience of working as a member of a team and working with older people.

Good organisational and time management skills and a commitment to personal development are required as well as effective written and oral communication and IT skills.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist. To work alongside the Therapist to deliver Therapy to a complex caseload on the ward and in the community.
  • To independently manage a designated caseload of patients defined as noncomplex within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the Therapies within predetermined guidelines.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • Sound general education
  • Technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III Health related or equivalent technical/work experience

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working with patients
  • Working with older people
  • Broad range of life experiences An appreciation of the principles of rehabilitation
  • An understanding of manual handling principles
  • Have the ability to reflect and appraise own performance so to maintain own continued personal development
  • Have a basic understanding of the principles of behaviour and conduct in practice.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with individuals with a physical disability e.g. stroke
  • Working as a member of a team

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to meet the driving requirements of the post
  • Organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team and in isolation
  • Commitment to personal development
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Good listening skills
  • IT skills
Desirable criteria
  • IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Age positiveDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldVeteran AwareArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Stonewall Gold 2022

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claudia Lowes
Job title
Physiotherapy Operational Lead
Email address
claudia.lowes@nhs.net
Telephone number
0191 282 9100