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Job summary

Main area
Community
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-HV586-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Harold Hill Health Centre
Town
Harold Hill
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 pa pro-rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Falls Rehabilitation Assistant/ Integrated Care Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

JOIN OUR EXCELLENT FALLS PREVENTION SERVICE .

Are you interested in supporting people who are at risk of falling or have fallen in their own home?

Do you have experience working as a physiotherapist/occupational therapist assist? 


NELFT BHR Falls Service is the place for you!
You will be working alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists & a Nurse in the BHR Prevention Service.  The service aims to provide falls specific  rehabilitation for up to twelve weeks in the home or as part of our Falls Education & Exercise Classes in the community.

The service covers Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. The sucessful candidate will be allocated to work  mainly in one of  three Boroughs, but will be expected to cover across three Boroughs if needed. 

The sucessful candidate must have a valid UK license and have a car. We have a wide range of training and development opportunities available.
We are seeking applicants that embody our values to:

* Putting people first
* Prioritising quality
* Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
* Being professional and honest
* Promoting what is possible – independence, opportunity and choice

Main duties of the job

Our focus is to make patients less fearful of falling and make them as active as possible.  The vision is for people to live well for longer leading more socially active independent lives, reducing admissions to hospital, and enabling access to treatment more quickly. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic Integrated Care Assistant who wants to use and develop their Falls skills with older people, in their own home & the community.

If you can:
- Provide a high standard therapy service to patients
- Support the multi-professional team in the implementation of therapy based Falls specific  treatment programmes
- Work effectively in a team environment

Then this job may be for you

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

 

High Cost Area Supplement – London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Person specification

qualification

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 2 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Other health or social care training/qualification relevant to the role

experience

Essential criteria
  • previous experience of working in health or social care
  • previous experience of working in a rehab setting
  • experince of working within a team
Desirable criteria
  • awareness of falls physiotherapy and occupational therapy goals
  • awareness of IT systems e.g. RIO

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates good written skills
  • Basic Awareness of IT and IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionCareer Confident EmployerTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helena St Roas
Job title
Integrated care manager
Email address
[email protected]
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