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Job summary

Main area
Community Neurological Rehabilitation
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 35.5 hours per week
Job ref
434-CR6910676-A
Employer
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Amersham Hospital
Town
Amersham
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Rehabilitation Assistant - Community Neurological Rehabilitation

Band 3

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

  • provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
  • nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
  • regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
  • deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer. 

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

 

Job overview

2025 is here and we are delighted to be able to advertise these new roles in our friendly and supportive Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service (CNRS)!  If you are interested in playing an active role helping people with neurological conditions live well, this role may be for you.   The CNRS team comprises of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists and Assistant Practitioners who work together collaboratively to meet the needs of this population in Buckinghamshire.  This role offers great opportunity for you to work closely with clients both individually and in group settings, to improve or maintain their independence and quality of life.  You will work closely with the whole clinical team with ample opportunity for training and development, and will actively contribute to the day to day running of the service alongside your clinical duties, as well as being involved in service development and improvement work.  If this sparks your interest please do contact us to discuss further, we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

  • To support the service and registered therapy staff by implementing and undertaking designated patient assessment and treatment programmes, including community/home visit sessions.
  •  To provide therapy to people with neurological diagnoses, working within agreed treatment plans, protocols, and policies without direct supervision, under the guidance of the registered team and alongside the multi-professional team.
  •  To document, evaluate and feedback to registered therapists following all interventions
  •  To support the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service in non-clinical tasks.

Working for our organisation

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

  • As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
  • We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. 
  • We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

  • We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
  • As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
  • Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. 

What do we stand for?

  • Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
  • Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
  • Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Good level of education to GCSE standard (at least 3 subjects)
  • Level 3 GCSE or equivalent in English
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ level III in Health Care
  • Manual Handling or First Aid qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to accept and undertake responsibility for designated tasks
  • Previous work as a Rehabilitation Assistant
  • Previous work in health care environment and experience of patients with neurological impairment
  • Experience within a customer care (face to face) environment

Skills, Abilities & knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
  • Demonstrate good organisational skills
  • Demonstrate insight into the importance of maintaining a safe working environment
  • Ability to learn / ability to selfinitiate learning (evidence within the last 2 years)
  • Able to work within a team setting
  • Able to maintain written communications / records
  • Evidence of self-motivation and initiative
  • Awareness of health & safety issues and policies
  • Able to know own limitations and seek advice
  • Able to complete tasks set, follow instructions
  • Flexible and adaptable in approach to work
  • Able to undertake manual handling tasks
  • Physical ability and endurance to work in the physical environment of the clinical area required by this post

Special Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work weekends

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoPositive about disabled peopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Garratt
Job title
Head of Neurological Rehabilitation in Community
Email address
[email protected]
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