Rehabilitation Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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If you have an interest in neurosciences and are passionate about improving the lives of people living with neurological conditions then this could be the ideal role for you

The Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 rehabilitation assistant to join our motivated and highly skilled multidisciplinary team and work on neuro rehabilitation ward at Charing Cross Hospital.

The Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a Regional Neurosciences Centre, as such, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in providing high quality care for patients with varied neurological conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, brain tumours, and spinal cord injuries.

As a rehabilitation assistant on this team, you will perform administrative and clinical duties to support the occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech and language therapists.

The Trust has a strong commitment to education, and training and you will be given every opportunity to develop your clinical and managerial skills.

You will also be provided with support from qualified staff to develop your competencies to meet the job role.

The post-holder is expected to be professional, efficient, effective, and committed to Continuous Professional Development and to contributing every day to improving healthcare.

You must be an effective communicator, with excellent people, and experience working in multi-disciplinary teams as your role will include liaising with multiple members of the MDT and with patients and their family members.

Good time management and administrative skills will also be necessary to be successful in this role.

Prior experience of hospital-based support work in a clinical setting is essential. Additionally, experience working with people with neurological conditions and working within a multidisciplinary team would be beneficial.

The aims of the role are as follows:

To assist the therapists to deliver high intensity, specialist neurological rehabilitation to patients with complex cognitive, behavioural, emotional and physical needs.

2. to be responsible for and manage a delegated clinical caseload.
3. to achieve and maintain competencies through skills and knowledge development.

4. to perform non-clinical and administrative duties within the department as required.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community.

Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.