Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated Rehab Support Workers to join our expanding team at the Neuro Rehabilitation Centre at Goole. We are a specialist rehabilitation service that provides acute and post-acute in-patient rehabilitation for adults with acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions. Located within the Goole and District Hospital, and managed by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG), the 14-bedded specialist centre accepts people at an earlier stage of recovery than is typical of most rehabilitation settings. As a rehabilitation support worker you would be expected to help patients with all their activities of daily living including mobility, hygiene needs, meeting nutrition and hydration all whilst promoting independence in task.
Patients are supported by a Multidisciplinary Team, led by a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine. Other team members include Doctors, Registered Nurses, Psychologist, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapist, Therapy Assistants and Dietetics.
Main duties of the job
A Rehabilitation Support Worker is working as part of a ward/department team, responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.
Duties and responsibilities of the post holder is to provide support to our patients appropriate to their individuals needs ensuring that each
patient leads a full and valued life, to contribute to providing an environment, whereby the Patient has maximum involvement in
their own activities and decision making, to enable Patients to participate in and contribute to the local community, The post holder will be required to work on a rotational basis including night duty and weekends.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. •NVQ 2 or working towards
Occupational Experience
Desirable criteria
2. •Experience of working as a Key Worker
3. •Experience of working with challenging behaviours
4. •A minimum of 2 years’ experience working within hospital environment
5. •Previous experience of working with patients with Brain Injuries/Neurological conditions.
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