Rehab Assistant

Job overview

The post holder will work as a Band 4 Senior Rehabilitation Assistant within the multidisciplinary Falls Service team, delivering high-quality community-based rehabilitation and falls prevention services. The role involves supporting the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients while developing the competencies to independently deliver and progress falls prevention programmes within agreed guidelines. The post holder requires a car driver and be able to drive to Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge Borough.

The successful applicant will thrive in a busy and demanding role, demonstrating strong clinical reasoning and excellent communication skills to ensure patients receive timely, holistic approach.

Working autonomously within the scope of practice and under the guidance of registered clinicians when required, the post holder will assess, implement, monitor, and evaluate personalised rehabilitation and falls prevention plans, including for patients with complex physical, psychological and social needs.

They will use effective communication, motivation, and problem-solving skills to achieve positive patient outcomes.

Key responsibilities include delivering delegated therapy and nursing interventions, progressing treatment plans, reporting changes in patient condition, and seeking clinical advice when appropriate. The role also involves delivering education to patients, carers, and staff, facilitating individual and group rehabilitation sessions, promoting safe moving and handling practices, and providing guidance on adaptive equipment to maximise patient independence.

The post holder will deliver rehabilitation in patients' homes and other community settings, ensuring informed consent, maintaining confidentiality, dignity, equality, and person-centred care at all times. They will demonstrate effective organisational skills, support the development of rehabilitation staff, ensure therapy equipment is safe and maintained, and comply with Trust policies, professional standards, and health and safety requirements.

Maintain accurate clinical records and work within legal, professional, and safeguarding frameworks, including Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, consent, infection control, falls prevention, and pressure care.

Develop clinical skills through competency frameworks, contribute to service improvement, equipment inventory, and quality initiatives and ensure the safe, efficient use of equipment and resources.

Promote high standards of patient care while adhering to local and national policies, professional standards, and Trust procedures.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

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 on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes.

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…