Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post. The Community Rehabilitation and Short-term Assessment Team (CR-STAT), Community Care plus therapy and Reablement Team provides rehabilitation, including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nursing and Social services to adult clients living in the borough of Greenwich, across various community settings and in their own homes. This service is integrated with social care. The Rehabilitation Assistant (RA) will work, under the direction of allied health professional (AHP) colleagues, as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team to meet the rehabilitation needs of the service users and their careers, enhancing independence, safety and quality of life. This includes people at risk of falling and those with orthopaedic, musculoskeletal and other rehabilitation needs who are unable to access outpatient services.
Responsibilities
* Maintain own client caseload accepting referrals from appropriate sources and act as designated by referral criteria.
* Undertake agreed client assessment using standardised assessment tools, adapting and treating according to the client's ability/needs.
* To undertake therapy tasks under the supervision of a qualified therapist. This may include teaching use of equipment, teaching personal exercise programmes, supervising walking inside and out and transfer practice, and supporting therapist in running virtual and face‑to‑face group classes.
* To encourage patients to return to social and exercise activities when appropriate and facilitate them to achieve this.
* To assist the qualified practitioner with goal setting and following the treatment plan.
* To instruct in the use of prescribed walking aids if necessary and practice their safe use with the patient.
* Deliver intervention with minimal or no immediate supervision from AHP colleagues while regularly working as a lone practitioner.
* To assist the physiotherapist to run exercise and education sessions.
* Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety.
* Monitor client status, using own clinical judgement and knowledge regarding progress and/or making minor modifications to treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters, and report any significant changes to the MDT while maintaining a high level of efficiency and effectiveness in the work area and reporting equipment defects in a timely manner.
* Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment.
* Develop the CR-STAT by working proactively within the MDT.
* Maintain throughput of casework in line with agreed service performance averages. Organise and prioritise own delegated work tasks and activities, being flexible to the needs of the service as directed by AHP colleagues.
* Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the CR-STAT team during induction by acting as a mentor and providing peer support.
* Undertake a proactive role in the ongoing in‑service training programme for rehabilitation assistants.
* Maintain efficient day‑to‑day running of the CR-STAT by carrying out administrative tasks particularly related to record keeping, filing, supplies, errands and message taking, undertaking routine and general light cleaning/tidying tasks, and preparing and cleaning equipment as per infection control guidelines/protocol.
* Provide statistical information as required by Lead Therapist in a timely manner.
* Ensure availability of appropriate levels of stock and non‑stock equipment.
Disability Confident
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Our values
* We're Kind
* We're Fair
* We Listen
* We Care
* Flexibly plan and organise own time to meet service needs
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