Community Rehabilitation Practitioner

Job summary

Community Rehabilitation Practitioner for Acute Frailty

Full time

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard working person to work across the Acute Frailty Service in the Hospital at Home and Urgent Community Response within the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, based in Milford Hospital.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside therapists, doctors, Advanced Care Practitioners, nurses and pharmacists to provide integrated and personalised care to the patients.

We aim to provide hospital based care in the home environment avoiding unnecessary admissions to the acute hospital and supporting early discharges home.

We are a relatively new service with lots of opportunity for service and personal development.

You will receive an annual appraisal and personal development plan, enabling you to have a structure within your role and help you develop personally and professionally.

Must hold a valid UK driving licence and have use of a car.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.

Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Working as part of the Hospital at Home team which provides short term support to people being discharged from hospital or to keep them in their own home, the team work with our patients to enable them to achieve their optimum independence.

Patients will require support with personal care, mobility, medication administration and exercise programs to achieve their individual recovery and rehabilitation goals .

You will take on new patients on the Hospital at Home caseload and help with the planning of their care, supported by our nurses and therapists if required for complex clinical decision making.

The post holder will be key to supporting the wider team and ensuring visits are all completed on the day, helping with allocation, scheduling and adjustments throughout the day.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ 3 level 3 equivalent of knowledge and experience
• Portfolio evidence of relevant experience / CPD in specialist field

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Able to work on own initiative and recognise when to seek assistance
• Broad experience of working as a Senior Community rehabilitation Assistant with some experience supporting more junior staff ( band 2) or relevant Carer experience
• NHS experience within acute & / or community setting
• Recent experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team, with an understanding of roles and responsibilities of the team.
• Understanding of common medical conditions and terminology
• Able to perform a basic primary assessment according to unit guidelines
12 hours ago