Job summary
- Main area
- .
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 21 hours per week
- Job ref
- 179-7510358-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rehabilitation Assistant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Main duties of the job
You will have close patient communication as well as their carers, team colleagues and the wider multi-disciplinary team. Excellent communication and organisational skills is fundamental to the role. You will be undertaking patient assessments under the initial guidance of an occupational therapist, including discharge planning in a fast-paced working environment. The role also requires close contact with family/carers and other professionals. You will take some leadership roles within the team with the therapy assistants.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for main responsibilities and duties.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade A – C in Maths and English
- Foundation degree in health-related subject
- L3 Qualification in health related subject with a minimum of two years’ experience working within a healthcare environment
- Completion of a relevant health competency framework
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a rehabilitation role in an acute healthcare setting
- Experience of managing a delegated workload
- Experience of implementing programmes/interventions as prescribed by qualified practitioner.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with older people and those with dementia
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment
- Experience of working in a rehabilitation environment
- Experience of electronic record keeping
- Knowledge of clinical conditions relating to ageing, such as falls, frailty, stroke, dementia
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to organise and prioritise a designated workload
- Able to work without direct supervision, within an agreed scope of practice
- Effective verbal and written communication skills combined with excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to assess and manage risk within the scope of the role
- Able to react appropriately to change and to work under pressure
- Computer literate
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Commitment to delivering consistently high standards of care
- Flexible and reliable approach to working hours and duties.
- Commitment to continuing personal and professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Stewart
- Job title
- Service Lead - Physiotherapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713639
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