The Urgent Community Response team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a senior rehabilitation assistant to deliver short, time-limited treatment to adults in their own homes. The work means carrying out protocol-based treatment, tracking progress for registered staff, adjusting programmes within set limits and helping with complex cases. The service runs seven days a week on rotating shifts with the aim of preventing hospital admissions and supporting discharge. Recent rehabilitation or reablement experience is required for this post.
What the job involves
- Carry out treatment to protocols, based on competencies
- Monitor progress and feed back to the registered practitioner or assistant practitioner
- Make minor adjustments to treatment programmes within set limits
- Assist registered practitioners with complex treatment
- Assess for, order and issue predetermined basic equipment under protocols and guidelines
- Deliver planned, time-limited active therapy, medical and nursing interventions and social care support
- Carry out rapid assessment and crisis intervention for adults over 18 in community settings
- Support hospital discharges and prevent unnecessary admissions
- Work in patients' own homes across Calderdale on a seven-day rota
- Promote and maintain independence, dignity and choice
- Take part in new initiatives, including the Urgent Community Response team and the Virtual Ward
Qualifications
- English and maths GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent, or evidenced high level of literacy and numeracy
- Competence-based level 3 qualification, such as an NVQ or Diploma in Care, or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
- Willingness to undertake relevant training or development
Experience
- Recent experience of working in a rehabilitation or reablement environment
- Recent relevant experience of working in a multidisciplinary team in a health or social care setting
- Recent relevant experience of adults with complex needs and their carers
- Recent relevant experience of instructing adults to perform practical tasks
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of rehabilitation and reablement principles and of the needs of people with illness or disability
- Understanding of the issues when working in a user's own home
- IT literate, including email, internet and electronic patient records
- Good time management and the ability to work to deadlines
Other
- Able to work on own to agreed protocols and use initiative within the limits of the role, seeking help appropriately
- Problem-solving and decision-making based on patient or client needs
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team
- Ability to work in various locations across the trust's network of services
Nice to have
- Evidence of competency-based training in a relevant field
- Recent relevant experience of working in a community setting
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
