Community Rehabilitation Assistant

The post holder will be a key member of the Waltham Forest Rehabilitation Community service, supporting their peers and being an effective team member, whilst working on their own initiative. They will be able to support the multi-disciplinary team to implement effective individualised treatment plans to people who may have a range of physical and psychological conditions. They will be comfortable with providing care to people living in their own homes, at times this will involve lone working. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other team members and outside agencies., To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload on a daily / weekly basis. To be responsible for working with the other rehabilitation assistants and therapists to coordinate timely care. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly moving and handling and health and safety. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk appropriate to role. To employ professional curiosity in your day-to-day role and act upon any findings appropriately.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.