Job summary Coastal Well-Being Team are a large and supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to housebound patients.
We are looking to recruit a Band 3 Rehabilitation Support Worker to assist Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapist working under supervision in providing a ward and community based therapy service to patients in Dawlish Community Hospital to promote faster recovery from illness and support timely discharge and maximise independent living.
In your role, you will be skilled in sensitively ensuring patients are aware of their limitations and that all goals are, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound.
Elsewhere, you will participate in the review or case conference of individual clients and contribute to the evaluation and development of their progress in reaching goals.
Main duties of the job As a Rehabilitation Support Worker you will be part of the Inpatient Therapy team supporting the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist with rehabilitation programmes for patients in Dawlish Hospital.
You will collect, collate and record appropriate personally generated observations and report any significant changes that might be detrimental to the patient.
It is important to have good organisation skills in order to meet the challenges and work effectively whilst under pressure and with frequent interruptions.
About us Whyworkwithus We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, making a difference and helping patients through their recovery and returning back to health and independence.
We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues.
The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance with Opportunity to work autonomously.
If you share our values and vision and are passionate aboutworkingwithpeople on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our Torbay and South Devon Team.#CareToJoinUsTSD Unfortunately, in line with the Home Office standards, this post is not eligible for sponsorship.
Job description Job responsibilities For further information regarding the role responsibilities, please review our combined job description and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name Alex Pleace Job title Head of Occupational Therapy Coastal Intermediate Care & Therapy Lead Email address Telephone number 07768066939 Person Specification Qualifications and training Essential Written and verbal skills Basic IT skills Desirable NVQ 3 or equivalent desirable Knowledge and experience Essential Ability to communicate with diverse groups of people Ability to keep accurate reports according to organisational procedure Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health safety and security Understands need to work within the limits of own competence and responsibility and refer issues beyond these to relevant people Desirable Experience of working within multidisciplinary team/multiagency team (in hours) Evidence of continuing professional development Specific Skills Essential Ability to recognise and report behaviour that undermines inequality and diversity Ability to work in a way that is in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice Desirable Working independently Ability to prioritise delegated work Requirements due to work environment and / or conditions Essential Ensuring manual handling policy is understood and adhered to in order for tasks to be carried out without putting staff/patients/carers at risk of injury.
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