Job summary

Rehabilitation Support Worker - Band 3

Trowbridge Community Team

37.5 Hours per week - Permanent

We are looking for a Rehabilitation Support worker to work within the Trowbridge Community Team. This role is for anyone who is looking for a new challenge.

You will be required to provide rehabilitation directly to patients in their own homes within primary care and work alongside Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. This is part of the Home First initiative designed to facilitate timely discharge from hospital settings.

You must be able to demonstrate a passion for promoting excellence in the delivery of patient care in / across different environments.

Main duties of the job

This role will bring you into the wider multi-disciplinary team alongside our partners in G.P. surgeries, acute settings and specialist services in pursuit of excellent patient care. We are a friendly team that includes Care Coordinators, Community Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists Healthcare and Rehabilitation support workers and Admin, delivering care to people in their own homes, including residential settings. Successful applicants will have a confidence in working autonomously as directed by trained colleagues. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead and Community Team Manager as well as having access to specialist support from Wiltshire Health and Care.

You will need to have a current UK drivers license and vehicle available to visit your caseload within our community.

For informal enquires regarding this exciting opportunity please call Vivienne Southan on 07900246853

About us

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!