Bridging Care Assistant - WF Integrated Discharge | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum, Plus HCAS pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2025 |
| Location: | Walthamstow, E17 3HP |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7467516/395-WF039-25-A |
Summary
Have you got experience of working in health or social care and looking for the next challenge?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
The post holder will assist clients in a range of daily living tasks, for example with transfers, mobility, washing and dressing, toileting, household tasks, meal preparation. In this role you will always work to a rehabilitation philosophy enabling clients to be as independent as possible.
You will need to have an understanding of the needs of the client group and be able to work flexibly between the hours of 07:00 and 21:00 seven days a week (on a rota) in order to meet the needs of the service.
You will demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of providing rehabilitation and social care in client’s own home, to join the newly commissioned Bridging Care and Rehabilitation Service.
The service is designed to provide short term packages of care and some rehabilitation in order to:
• Facilitate timely safe discharge from acute hospital care
• Help prevent unnecessary admissions to care homes
• Help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
• Help to regain confidence with living skills or support with long term care needs until such time a Social Services / private package of care can commence.
• Promote a reablement and rehabilitation approach to care to enable patient to regain a level of independence.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-registered roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under outer, fringe and none
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025