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The search has begun for Rehab Support Workers  within the South Unit of Management: Community Health Services Division.

We are looking to recruit dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Rehab Support Workers to join our service within the South of Nottingham.  You will be based within one of our two recruiting localities of Rushcliffe, (based at West Bridgford and Cotgrave)   or Nottingham North and East (located at Park House Health and Social Care Centre, Carlton). Locality/Base preferences will be considered. 

You will work with Discharge to Assess & Core Therapy Teams, under the direction of a registered professional and part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation. Providing support to patients within a community setting, who require reablement / rehabilitation support to enable activities of daily living in order to live within their own home environment.

This could be the role for you, and we would love to hear from you if you can: –

Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
Support our patients within a community setting that enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs to avoid and reduce hospital admissions by implementing patient tailored rehabilitation, nursing care and exercise programmes.
Demonstrate high levels of care and compassion providing rehabilitation for adults to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people achieve their rehabilitation goals within the places they call home.
Enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification in order to be shortlisted for interview.

We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our team....so if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of working...we want to hear from you.

Being part of an organisation as diverse as NottsHC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and personally and really make a difference.

We are recruiting for TWO areas across Nottingham:

*Rushcliffe: Based across Rushcliffe locality

*Nottingham North and East: *Park House base

Why choose us?

As a part of the South Unit of Management family you can expect to be supported by your colleagues in your work, supported to extend your clinical reasoning and practical clinical skills to enhance your career and have your talent nurtured.  

We acknowledge personal and work commitments is sometimes difficult to manage, and we will support people to achieve the right work/life balance through flexible working in a variety of full and part time roles which aim to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.

You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer;

Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
Pension scheme
Flexible working and job share opportunities
Promotion of a healthy work life balance
Salary sacrifice schemes e.g., public transport loans, cycle schemes
Staff discount schemes e.g., Discounted leisure Centre membership
Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
Support for carers
Travel mileage costs are repaid for all mileage on Trust business and is paid above the government standard rate.

Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk

If you want to be the Rehab Support Worker that is a part of this exciting new service, that makes a difference to the population of South Nottingham, then we look forward to receiving your application.