Rehab Assistant - Enfield, United Kingdom - Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Enfield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will be an integral member of the Adult Community Physiotherapy and Adult Neurological Therapy teams.

The post holder will be developed to take short term responsibility for the effective planning and delivery of care to patients in co-operation with other team members and in communication with other clinical team leaders.

The post holder will be required to support clinicians in running gym based groups and education programmes and also to visit patients in their own homes to carry out prescribed treatment and assess for and provide appropriate O/T equipment or mobility aids directly or by prescription.

The post holder will work alone and will be required to use a degree of initiative while working within the parameters of the team's policies and procedures.

The post holder may be required to work at times in other services dependent on integration and service need.

The service provides multidisciplinary therapy (OT and Physiotherapy) and support to help patients engage in a rehabilitation or long term management programme to regain or retain their independence.

The post holder will provide health care to clients under the supervision of the Senior Therapists within the team.

The post holder will work alone and will be required to use a degree of initiative while working within the parameters of the team's policies and procedures.

To undertake clinical work delegated from the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients.
To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of community based therapeutic activities.
To contribute to all stages of the therapeutic process including:
Referral taking and information gathering through liaison with clients, their informal carers, and colleagues from health and other agencies.
Completing simple assessments, through interview and observation of functional tasks.
Identifying needs and forming goals and plans for interventions.
Completing a wide range of interventions including: giving advice; home exercise programmes; rehabilitations programmes; equipment provision; and simple home adaptations, such as, banister rails and half steps.
Evaluate client progress through regular reassessment and ensure continuous progression by graded activity.
Contribute to formal therapy assessments and provide feedback.
Review of clients after completion of minor adaptations to home environment.
Discharge planning and discharge.
To use clinical reasoning throughout the therapeutic process.
To carry out rehabilitation programmes crossing physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

professional.

Undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.

The service is managed under the umbrella of Community Therapies which comprises community physiotherapy, adult SLT, stroke rehab and bone health.

We are co-located with the nutrition and dietetics service and we have strong links between all the therapies enabling patient-centered care.

Are you looking to join a dynamic Community Services team.

In return we can provide flexible work options, support for CPD and opportunities for broad personal development.

Enfield Community has a long history of managing the health needs of the diverse and multicultural population of this North London borough.

We pride ourselves on integrated working, not only within the wider therapy team of which you will be part but also with other health professionals in acute and primary care, local authority and voluntary sectors.

Enfield is on the edges of London, 15 minutes from the M25/ M11 and A406, with easy access to central London as well as enjoying the benefits of the nearby greenbelt.

We are a dynamic trust
- scoring "Good" during our latest CQC inspection.

"Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust are currently in discussions to transfer all community services that comprise Enfield Community Services (ECS) to the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (North Mid). This means that if you are offered a role with ECS, it is likely that your employer will become North Mid in the near future."