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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rehabilitation Assistant to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team under the supervision of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists on our Northern Centre for Cancer Care.

You will implement treatment programmes prescribed by the therapist, making minor modifications when necessary often working without direct supervision.

Applicants should have a technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III health related care or equivalent technical/work experience. You will need to have an appreciation of the principles of rehabilitation and experience of working as a member of a team and working with older people. Good organisational and time management skills and a commitment to personal development are required as well as effective written and oral communication and IT skills.

• Interview Date: 9th August 2024
• 29 hours  45 minutes /Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• To work under the supervision of the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist. To work alongside the Therapist to deliver Therapy to a complex caseload on the ward.
• To independently manage a designated caseload of patients defined as non-complex within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the Therapies within predetermined guidelines.
• Following an initial assessment completed by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist the rehabilitation assistant will implement treatment programmes prescribed by the therapist, making minor modifications, when necessary, sometimes working without direct supervision.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.