Job overview

The Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit (RHRU) is a 24 bed in-patient specialist neuro-rehabilitation service. It is part of a specialist rehabilitation network and acts as a central focus for research and training of all professions in rehabilitation. The unit offers intensive multi-disciplinary neuro-rehabilitation to adults with severe and complex cognitive, communicative, physical and psychosocial difficulties. This may be due to traumatic brain injury, stroke or other neurological conditions.

The RHRU has a friendly and dynamic team and we are committed to delivering high standards of care and therapy to our patients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a full-time, experienced Therapy Assistant to help with the smooth running of the multi-disciplinary service.  The post is an combination of both administrative skills and clinical work with patients. All training will be provided.

You will be required to provide a comprehensive clerical service to ensure effective administration and communications systems are in place to support the highly skilled multi-disciplinary team. Your work would include organising and running national courses in conjunction with the clinical team.  Working within the team, you should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should be able to use your initiative and, have excellent organisational skills being able to prioritise a diverse workload under pressure.

Sponsorship is not available for this role. Candidates without right to work in the UK will not be considered.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.