Rehabilitation Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team for a Band 3 Rehab Assistant role.

The Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team provides specialist individualised stroke rehabilitation, in order to support stroke patients and their carer's in the first 6 weeks of discharge from hospital to home.

We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic Band 3 Rehab Assistants for a part-time, permanent position. We work as an interdisciplinary team which operates 7 days a week. You will have a fixed pattern, working Monday - Friday, with one weekend work every 6-8 weeks according to the service weekend rota. The position is for 22.5 hours per week.

The interdisciplinary team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Assistant Practitioners and Rehabilitation Assistants.

You will be a highly motivated individual, who is passionate about helping patients to improve their quality of life and recover following their stroke, and who can collaborate well with other team members. You will work in a variety of settings including patient's homes and the community providing specialist therapy input to patients to optimise and facilitate recovery in order to enable patients to achieve their optimal level of independence., To work within a stroke interdisciplinary Early Supported Discharge team operating 7 daysa week 09.00 to 17.00hrs patient service.

To provide individually tailored rehabilitation programmes and under direction of Therapists (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Psychology) and work with partnership agencies, for example Dietetics and Nursing staff in liaison with the patients' Suffolk GP and Stroke Consultant); providing therapeutic intervention to patients following a stroke in their own home/communities, in order to allow patients to achieve their optimal level of independence and maximum rehabilitation potential.

To work collaboratively across the Integrated Stroke Service to ensure a seamless provision of stroke services across the acute hospital, inpatient rehabilitation and Early Supported Discharge teams.

To contribute to the assessment, implementation, evaluation ofevidence-basedtreatment programs for patients following a stroke, who may have a range of impairments and complex health needs.

Contribute to service development and data collection within the Integrated Stroke Services.

Work in a variety of settings including patient's homes, care homes, community centres and clinics.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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