Rehabilitation Assistant | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,129 - £28,649 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE18 3RG |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6208178/277-6208178-CPH |
Summary
A fantastic opportunity has come in Greenwich Community Falls team to work with MDT supporting individuals who are at risk of Falls . The Rehabilitation Assistant (RA) will work, under the direction of allied health professional (AHP) colleagues, as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team to meet the rehabilitation needs of the service users and their carers, enhancing independence, safety and quality of life. The post holder will work with clients who are at risk of falls in clinics to carry out exercise classes and also visit patients in their own homes to carry out rehabilitation care plans as set by either the Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.
Maintain own Client caseload accepting referrals from appropriate sources and act as designated by referral criteria.
• Undertake agreed client assessment using standardised assessment tools, adapting and treating according to the client’s ability/needs.
• To undertake Therapy tasks under the supervision of a qualified Therapist. This may include, teaching use of equipment, teaching personal exercise programmes, supervising walking inside and out and transfer practice.
• To encourage patients to return to social and exercise activities when appropriate and facilitate them to achieve this.
• To assist the qualified practitioner with goal setting and following the treatment plan.
• To instruct in the use of prescribed walking aids if necessary and practice it’s safe use with the patient.
• Deliver intervention with minimal or no immediate supervision from AHP colleagues regularly working as a lone practitioner.
• To assist the physiotherapist/OT or Nurse to run exercise and education sessions.
• Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety.
Ability to identify/manage and take action to minimise or eradicate risk to patients.
• Prescribe and ensure safe, appropriate, and effective provision, installation and demonstration of stock equipment.
• Develop knowledge of minor adaptation provision.
• To adapt and modify treatment programmes, following discussion with professional staff, where clients often present as non-routine.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
Leadership• Flexibly plan and organise own time to meet Service needs
• Maintain high level of efficiency and effectiveness in work area to utilise resources to the full and report defects in equipment in a timely manner.
• Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment.
• Develop the Falls Team by working proactively within the MDT.
• Maintain throughput of casework in line with agreed service performance average. Organise and prioritise own delegated work tasks and activities being flexible to the needs of the service as directed by AHP colleagues.
• Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the Falls Team during induction by acting as a mentor and providing peer support.
• Undertake a proactive role in the on-going in-service training programme for rehabilitation assistant.
• Maintain efficient day to day running of the Falls team by carrying out administrative tasks particularly related to record keeping, filing, supplies, errands and message taking, undertaking routine and general light cleaning/ tidying tasks and preparing and cleaning equipment as per infection control guidelines/protocol.
• Keep up to date with current knowledge and advances in Health and Practice.
• Be responsible for own Continuing Professional and Personal development.
• To be an active member of the falls team, participating in staff meetings, in-service training programme and team appraisals and service development.
Clinical• To attend organised mandatory training sessions, including manual handling training, Basic Life Support training and any in-service training arranged by the senior staff.
• To comply with Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech & Language Therapy standards, protocols and guidelines as required by the relevant Professional Code of Conduct.
• To be aware of and comply with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures.
• To be aware of the Health and Safety aspects of your work and abide by policies including the prompt recording and documentation of incidents and accidents.
Research• Undertake a proactive role in the on-going in-service training programme for rehabilitation assistant.
• Provide statistical information as required by Lead Therapist in a timely manner.
Communication• Communicate relevant medical/social information, assessment details, advice and recommendations across agencies following local and professional guidelines for sharing information and consent. This would include Consultants, GP’s Social Services, other health care professionals and voluntary agencies.
• Work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care.
• Convey complex and sensitive information relating to clients using skill in situations where there may be barriers to communication i.e., use of interpreters, receptive/cognitive pathologies or excess noise
• Be able to adapt complicated and sensitive information into a simplified form to clients who may be seriously ill or have complex or long-term conditions.
• Promote the Falls Team by participating in informal talks for other agencies and professionals during education and training sessions
• Promote and encourage the ethos of rehabilitation with Care assitants/ carers/ relatives through demonstration, example and support.
Terms and Conditions
The post holder is subject to the terms and conditions of OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST. This Job description gives an outline of the post and is subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
Confidentiality
The Post holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff, and other health service business in accordance with Trust Policy.
Risk Management
The Post holder will ensure compliance with the Trust’s risk management policies and procedures. These describe the Trust’s commitment to risk management, the recognition that our aim is to protect patients, staff and visitors from harm and stress and that all staff have a responsibility to minimise risk.
Infection Control
All staff are required to be familiar with the Trusts infection control policies, and national guidance in relation to infection control. All staff whose normal duties are directly or indirectly concerned with patient care must ensure that they complete mandatory infection control training and are compliant with all measures known to be effective in reducing Healthcare Associated Infections.
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
Oxleas is an organisation which values difference and promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. Our Equality and Human Rights Policy and Strategy are designed to ensure that all our staff (including agency, bank, students, volunteers, and contractors) as well our service users, carers and members of the public are treated with dignity and respect. The Trust policies, procedures and practices are reviewed regularly to ensure that everyone who falls under the list of Equality Act 2010 protected characteristics does not suffer discrimination, either directly or indirectly. The current list of protected characteristics includes Age; Disability; Gender Re-Assignment; Marriage and Civil Partnership; Pregnancy & Maternity; Race; Religion and Belief; Sex and Sexual Orientation.
Health & Safety
All staff must be aware of the responsibility placed on them by the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) to ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe condition for employees, patients, and visitors.
Professional and NHS Codes of Conduct
You are required to act at all times in accordance with the relevant professional Codes of Conduct and Accountability (including, where applicable, those for Board Members). In addition, all management staff must comply with the ‘Code of Conduct for NHS Managers’ and ‘Standards of Business Conduct for NHS Staff’.
Safeguarding
It is the responsibility of all staff to safeguard and protect children and adults at risk at all times and staff must report any concerns as per Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults polices, which are available on the Trust’s intranet. Every member of staff must undertake regular mandatory safeguarding training at a level relevant to the role.
Financial Management and Control of Resources
All staff are responsible for the security and the property of the Trust, avoiding loss or damage and being economical and efficient in the use of resources. Staff are required to act in accordance with the rules and regulations as described in the Trust’s Policy relating to the Financial Management and Control of Resources’.
Customer Care
It is the aim of the Trust to provide patients and clients with the best possible care. All staff are required to put the patient/client first and do their utmost to meet requests and needs courteously and efficiently.
Personal/Professional Development Planning/Mandatory Training
All staff should have a personal development plan and in conjunction with their manager, should actively determine and pursue agreed training and development needs and opportunities. All staff are required to attend mandatory training as designated by the Trust.
Sustainability
Demonstrate social and environmental responsibility and help establish Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a sustainability leader. Collaborate to contribute to or lead change management towards Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust goal of reaching Net Zero by 2040 as stated in the Green Plan.
No Smoking
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has a no smoking policy. Staff are not permitted to smoke within or on Trust premises.
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024
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