Rehabilitation Assistant – Care Home Support Team in Carshalton

Rehabilitation Assistant – Care Home Support Team

Band 3

Main area Rehabilitation Assistant – Care Home Support Team Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 343-8339736-AG

Site 1st Floor - Green Wrythe Clinic Town Carshalton Salary £30,630 - £32,346 pa pro rata inc. HCAS outer Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

The Rehabilitation Assistant will work as part of the multidisciplinary Care Home Support Team to provide proactive, person-centred rehabilitation and support to care home residents, particularly older people living with frailty, functional decline and complex health needs.

Working under the direction and supervision of registered clinicians, particularly Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, the post holder will deliver and progress delegated rehabilitation programmes aimed at maximising independence, mobility, function and quality of life and reducing avoidable deterioration and hospital attendance.

The post holder will take a holistic approach to rehabilitation, considering mobility, transfers, activities of daily living, continence, equipment needs, environment and personal goals. They will contribute to the development and review of Universal Care Plans (UCPs) by gathering relevant information, identifying changes from baseline and ensuring concerns are communicated to the appropriate registered clinician

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Rehabilitation and Functional Support

• Work closely with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to deliver comprehensive delegated rehabilitation programmes within care homes.
• Support residents with mobility, transfers, strength, balance, exercise, functional activities and activities of daily living.
• Progress agreed rehabilitation programmes within defined parameters and report deterioration, lack of progress or other concerns promptly to the supervising clinician.
• Undertake delegated functional assessments and observations, including mobility, transfers, falls risk, functional ability, equipment use and environmental factors.
• Promote an enabling approach, supporting residents to maintain or regain independence and helping care home staff embed rehabilitation into everyday care.

Continence Assessment and Support

• Undertake delegated continence assessments and gather relevant information regarding normal continence, toileting patterns, mobility, cognition, environment and current continence products or support.
• Support agreed toileting and continence plans, promoting independence with toileting wherever appropriate.
• Recognise changes, red flags or concerns and elevate these to the appropriate registered clinician or specialist service.
• Work with residents and care home staff to ensure continence support is dignified, person-centred and consistent with the wider rehabilitation plan.

Care Coordination and MDT Working

• Work collaboratively with Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, nursing, pharmacy, GPs and wider health and social care professionals.
• Attend relevant multidisciplinary discussions where appropriate and contribute information about residents' function, rehabilitation progress and changes from baseline.
• Support residents following hospital discharge by implementing delegated rehabilitation plans and identifying early signs that recovery is not progressing as expected.
• Communicate effectively with residents, families, carers and care home staff to support coordinated, person-centred care.

Equipment, Mobility and Falls Prevention

• Support assessment, provision and safe use of mobility and functional equipment within agreed competencies.
• Train and support residents and care home staff in the safe use of agreed equipment and mobility aids.
• Identify equipment defects, risks or changing needs and report these promptly to the relevant clinician.
• Contribute to falls prevention and risk reduction through delegated assessment, rehabilitation and education.

Education and Enabling Care

• Coach and support care home staff to promote mobility, independence and rehabilitation as part of residents' everyday care.
• Demonstrate agreed exercises, mobility techniques, positioning, transfers and functional activities.
• Work with families and carers, where appropriate, to reinforce agreed rehabilitation approaches.
• Promote a culture that focuses on what residents can do and supports them to maintain function and independence.

Caseload and Autonomous Working

• Manage a delegated caseload and workload, prioritising visits according to agreed service processes and clinical direction.
• Work independently within agreed treatment plans, competencies and scope of practice.
• Recognise changes in residents' condition and seek advice or escalation promptly when required.
• Participate in supervision, appraisal, mandatory training and continuing development relevant to the role.

Documentation, Quality and Service Improvement

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and complete electronic clinical records.
• Record interventions, resident progress, outcomes and concerns in line with service and Trust standards.
• Contribute to service data collection, audit, quality improvement and evaluation of rehabilitation outcomes.
• Participate in learning from incidents, feedback and service improvement activity within the scope of the role.

Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Good standard of education, literacy and numeracy sufficient to maintain accurate clinical records
• Evidence of relevant learning/development appropriate to a health, care or rehabilitation role
• Relevant healthcare/therapy qualification, e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Evidence of learning in rehabilitation, frailty, older people's care or similar

Experience

• Experience of working with older people and/or people with health, care or rehabilitation needs
• Experience of working within a care home, community or similar health/care environment
• Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary/team-based service
• Previous experience as a Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Healthcare Assistant

Skills / Abilities

• Ability to support assessment of mobility, transfers, functional ability, activities of daily living and rehabilitation needs within agreed competencies
• Ability to manage a delegated caseload, work independently within agreed parameters and recognise when advice or escalation is required

Personal Attributes

• Full clean UK driving licence and access to a car for business use, with the ability to travel between care homes and other service locations.
• Able to recognise own limitations, seek advice and elevate concerns appropriately

Please refer to the latest UKVI guidance and ensure you have the appropriate right to work before applying for this role.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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