Senior Rehabilitation Assistant

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

Be a key member of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team providing support to adults of all ages who do not require specialist acute hospital admission but require support to maintain their independence within their home setting. Placing emphasis on promoting and maintaining individuals' independence, dignity, and choice, undertaking medical, nursing or therapy related treatment programs or social care intervention to support and enable people. Working across the whole of Calderdale, caring and supporting individuals within their own homes. Participate in new initiatives and future changes in care delivery including the Urgent Community Response Team and the Virtual Ward. Support hospital discharges and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals. The UCR team delivers a seven-day service with staff working on a rota basis for different shift patterns covering the whole of Calderdale. The service focuses on the delivery of rapid assessment and intervention for adults of all ages who do not require specialist acute hospital admission but who require crisis intervention within a community setting. This may be due to an alteration in their physical or psychological well-being, or a temporary change in their social circumstances which makes it difficult for them to be maintained in their own home without a short period of rehabilitation or intervention from UCR.

Main duties of the job

Work will be carried out in patients own home and the activities will include:

• Implementing treatment to protocols, and based on competencies.
• Monitoring progress and feeding back to the registered practitioner or assistant practitioner
• Making minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre determined limits
• Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.
• May involve assessing for, ordering and issuing predetermined basic equipment to protocols and established guidelines.

Working for our organisation

Urgent Community Response team is an integrated multi-disciplinary service comprising nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapist and pharmacist .You will provide planned time limited active therapy treatment regimes, medical and nursing interventions and social care support for adults of over the age of 18 who require crisis intervention within a community setting, thereby avoiding an unnecessary hospital admission.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Act within the limits of your competence and authority i.e. work to competencies & local protocols and understand local communication networks. This includes making judgments around what may or may not be significant changes in a patient's condition, involving observation and engagement skills and whether or not to report to a registered practitioner. This may involve recognition and appropriate response to emergency situations and outcomes from tests.
• Perform hand hygiene to prevent the spread of infection i.e. ensure full compliance with local hand hygiene policy.
• Prepare individuals for healthcare activities and Support individuals undergoing healthcare activities as per service competencies.
• Monitor and manage the environment and resources during and after clinical/therapeutic activities including participation in infection control procedures when preparing and cleaning clinical areas, and undertake responsibility for stock control (including monitoring & ordering) of clinical & non clinical supplies.
• Assist the practitioner to implement healthcare activities e.g. assisting registered practitioners in the delivery of therapy programs, as per service competencies.
• Contribute to the discharge of an individual into the care of another service
• Provide advice and information to individuals on how to manage their own condition i.e. support patients with self-care and self management of their condition. This may be carried out individually or in groups. This includes raising awareness of health and wellbeing.
• Implement treatment plans i.e. carry out planned intervention as prescribed by registered practitioner (as per service competencies).
• Assist in the implementation of mobility and movement programmes for individuals to restore optimum movement and functional Independence. including follow up assessment for provision of basic Equipment i.e. work with registered practitioner to implement intervention
• Deliver exercise sessions to improve health and wellbeing
• Undertake personal hygiene for individuals unable to care for themselves
• Provide information and advice to individuals on eating to maintain optimum nutritional status -understand and follow a nutritional care plan recommended by the registered practitioner and review & discuss it with staff, reporting back to the registered practitioner. Includes encouraging staff to complete nutritional screening tool, food record charts and weight charts as required.
• Monitor and review individuals progress in relation to maintaining optimum nutritional status - i.e. monitor clinical data as requested by registered practitioner e.g. food diaries, food record charts , weight charts , nutritional screening tools, nutrition and nursing care plans, highlighting any changes in condition that will impact on dietary intake.
• Collect, transport materials and equipment within the health sector
• Fit healthcare equipment, medical devices, assistive technology, or products to meet individuals' clinical needs - undertakes the fitting of basic equipment and educates carers and patient in its safe use.
• Maintain healthcare equipment, medical devices and associated systems - ensure equipment is maintained in safe working order, ensuring records are up to date.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• GCSE Level English and Maths or Equivalent
• NVQ L3 or equivalent experience
• Willing and able to Participate in Competency Work Base Training Programme
• Willingness to undertake additional and mandatory training as required

Desirable criteria

• Previous Based Competency Training in Relevant Field

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Recent relevant experience working and communicating with the public in social care/health care.
• Recent relevant experience of dealing with adult clients with complex needs and their carers.
• Recent experience of working in an intermediate care service
• IT literate (email/internet)
• An understanding of the needs and issues concerning illness and disability.
• Understanding of rehabilitation and re-ablement principles.
• An understanding of enabling a person to learn or re-learn skills
• An understanding of the issues when working in the user's own home

Desirable criteria

• Recent relevant experience of working in a community setting
• Recent relevant experience working in a multidisciplinary team in health/social care setting.
• Knowledge of client group and evidence of related training
• Manual handling training.
• Understands the needs of specific client group

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• Recent relevant experience of instructing adults to perform practical tasks.

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £42.90, Standard £22.90 or Basic £22.90) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• PS&JD (PDF, 416.4KB)