Rehabilitation Support Worker London, England
Job description
Intermediate Care Lambeth
We are looking for a Band 3 Rehabilitation Support Worker to join us in our expanding and award winning services, which provide healthcare at home and prevents admission into our hospital and support discharge home.
You will be supported by our Team Lead and have access to professional support within our services. This is an excellent opportunity for clinically supported development within a Trust that is clinician-led, and strives to provide the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its healthcare services. Our services:
The Reablement and rehabilitation service provide care and rehabilitation at home to adults aged 18 years and older who live in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, South London. The people that we support have a range of diagnoses and clinical presentations, including falls, orthopaedic, respiratory, frailty and neurological conditions.
1. To support senior clinicians in the assessment, planning, implementation and review of individual rehabilitation and care programmes for clients.
2. To independently implement these rehabilitation and care programmes as appropriate.
3. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care and domestic tasks, delivering small items of equipment and documenting interventions accurately in notes in line with Trust guidelines
4. To treat clients, often unsupervised, according to agreed care plans and protocols.
5. To report back to the relevant professional or team leader as required, regarding any changes in the client’s condition.
6. To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Social Workers and/or team leaders in a variety of settings primarily in the clients home or community.
7. To communicate effectively with clients and their carers; particularly clients with impairments, which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.
Please read the job description and Person specification for more details.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with around 13,200 staff; an annual turnover of more than £1.2 billion; and 1.2 million patient contacts a year. Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.
We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities and community services for patients in Lambeth and Southwark. We also provide specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women’s and orthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children’s Hospital. Seewww.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk.
The Trust offers our clinical support staff extensive training from a wide range of areas including:
- Opportunity to complete a Diploma in Allied Health Profession Support
- Apprenticeship schemes:
- Comprehensive competency programs
- A Trust induction programme
- Local induction to the department and specialty
- An annual performance development review with a 6-monthly review
- Specialised in-service training programmes
- Peer support
- Completion of a Care certificate for Support Staff:
- Provide you with an induction mentor
- To implement rehabilitation and / or care interventions to clients in their homes for a period of up to six weeks. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching or supporting prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care or domestic tasks.
- To work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team and undertake delegated tasks from the Flow Coordinator and qualified practitioners across all disciplines from Health and Social Care as appropriate.
- To communicate effectively with clients, their carers and family members, particularly clients with impairments which may affect their ability to communicate their needs and/or give informed consent to treatment.
- To maintain close working relationships with MDT practitioners to enable effective and timely communication regarding patient care.
- To notify the appropriate Senior Practitioner immediately of any changes in health of clients to ensure their safety and wellbeing at all times.
- To report any changes in progress of clients to ensure that favourable outcomes are met.
- To work as an autonomous RSW implementing and evaluating holistic pre-formulated care plans to clients in the community.
- To be aware of limitations of own practice and seek advice and guidance from senior therapists/managers as needed.
- To assess and manage clinical, physical and/or environmental risk to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and clients at all times. To adhere to incident reporting procedures.
- Actively participate in regular structured supervision including one-to-one, shadowing opportunities and group supervision. Produce regular reflective logs as required and maintain a learning log of all CPD activities.
- Be responsible for identifying own training and development needs in line with service needs and Therapy Assistant competencies with regular guidance from supervisors, by attending regular in-services in addition to ad-hoc training as appropriate.
- Participate in annual appraisal and performance development reviews (PDR) maintaining records to evidence development
- Work within local and national Allied Health professional code of ethics, code of conduct and standards of practice for support staff.
