Advanced Rehabilitation Assistant Early Supported Discharge Stroke

The ESD for stroke team is a community team, dedicated to helping stroke patients return home from hospital sooner by providing high quality, specialist stroke rehabilitation in the home environment, to achieve our patients' individual goals. We are looking for a professional, caring and compassionate rehabilitation assistant to support with the provision of specialist stroke rehabilitation in the community. You are motivated, flexible and will work autonomously; supporting the team in delivering therapy as directed by qualified members of the team. You will ideally have some experience of working within the NHS and providing therapy or care to patients. We would encourage applicants to contact the department to discuss the role further. The role involves driving to people's homes within the county of Oxfordshire, and access to a car is essential. Please state this in your application. The ESD team is a 6-day service and the successful applicant will be required to work some Saturdays on a rota basis. The role will also encompass supporting the team with administrative duties, including organisation of equipment and uploading data to trust approved IT systems. Proposed interview date is the 8th June 2026. This date is subject to change but will still be within this week., The successful applicant will work closely with Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Nurses to support the delivery of rehabilitation and recovery of stroke patients in their own homes across Oxfordshire and participate in weekend working. The post holder will assist the ESD team with a range of duties delegated to them by therapists from each of the disciplines. This will also include administrative duties such as equipment management uploading date to trust approved IT systems. Good IT skills are an essential aspect of this role. This community role will provide holistic interventions for patients, you will often work without direct supervision, and will be accountable at all times to a registered practitioner. Delivery of interventions needs to be timely and responsive due to the needs of the client group, and effective team working is a key requirement of this role., The post holder's other duties will include inputting data onto IT systems, recording appropriate evaluation of the care and interventions undertaken in patients' records, ordering, cleaning and maintaining rehabilitation equipment in the department, and communicating with suppliers. Whilst we are a community team, we are closely linked with the Acute Stroke Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Oxfordshire Stroke Rehabilitation Unit in Abingdon.

A proactive and creative approach to achieving learning and development objectives will be an advantage. The post holder should be an enthusiastic, self-motivated and well-organised individual who is able to show initiative. It is essential to hold a car licence with access to a vehicle for work. Please state on your application if you meet this requirement.,

• Proven educational standard to GCSE in English and Maths (or the equivalent)
• Good written and spoken English
• To have (or be working towards) Higher National Certificate (HNC) or equivalent training.
Desirable criteria
• Recognised training courses e.g. Health Care of the Older Person, Stroke courses etc
• To have (or be working towards) Higher National Certificate (HNC) or equivalent training., stated in application form, able to drive car and available car to drive daily, Experience of working, within a Health or Community services setting, with adults with a range of illnesses or disabilities
• Experience as rehab assistant, working within healthcare
• Previous experience with stroke patients, Willingness to work flexibly
• Excellent communication and interactive skills
• Commitment to life-long learning
• Ability to show initiative
• Friendly and reliable, Understanding of the role of PT/OT/SLT
• Ability to work independently with individuals and groups to achieve treatment objectives set by the treating therapist
• Ability to work in a team and understand scope/role of interdisciplinary working and team dynamic
• Good organisation and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise routine and non-routine workload
• Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions
• Ability to collect and document patient information accurately
• Be able to use a range of IT systems such as Microsoft Office
• Effective communication skills with patients and clinical staff
Desirable criteria
• Understand values and principles of audit and research
• Basic knowledge of assistive equipment
• Justify provision/non-provision of services.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence., Please visit the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) for stroke Service webpage for more details on the team: Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Service for Stroke referrals - Oxford University Hospitals Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk Our core values are excellence, compassion, respect, delivery, learning and improvement. Collaboration and partnership are also central to our approach in delivering our fundamental activities of patient care teaching and research. These values determine the Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's vision to be: "At the heart of a sustainable and outstanding, innovative, academic health science system, working in partnership and through networks locally, nationally and internationally to deliver and develop excellence and value in patient care, teaching and research within a culture of compassion and integrity. This vision is underpinned by the Trust's founding partnership with the University of Oxford.", Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.