Reablement Assistant

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

REABLEMENT ASSISTANT BAND 3

Are you looking for a fresh challenge and keen to work in a Multi Disciplinary team where your ideas and opinions are valued?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 3 Reablement Assistant to join us on the new Richard bright Community ward based at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Demonstrate organisational and time management skills
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The successful applicant will be working alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, pharmacist and a GP to deliver high quality patient care and rehabilitation enabling patients to achieve their therapy goals and promote independence prior to discharge home.
Key responsibilities will include carrying out therapy plans as per OT/PT recommendations and working as part of the MDT to ensure patients safe and timely discharge home.

CENTRAL TO THIS ROLE ARE:

• Strong communication skills
• Experience of working autonomously and as part of a team
• Background experience within health or social care
• Interest in rehabilitation

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit