Rehabilitation Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves supporting patients in their own homes as part of the Intermediate Care team. You will work collaboratively with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses to provide short-term care packages and rehabilitation. The aim is to improve patients' independence and help them achieve their goals after hospital discharge or to prevent hospital admission. The service operates 7 days a week, and you will work on a rota basis.
Key responsibilities
- Work under the direction of nurses and therapists.
- Promote independence by providing support and care in the community setting.
- Carry out delegated tasks from physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and the nursing team.
- Provide care visits and rehabilitation in patients' homes.
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships.
- Ability to organise own time efficiently.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and to maintain a positive team-working relationship by relationship by valuing the contributions of other team members, understands others needs, using flexible approach, handling conflict positively in an open and constructive manner.
- Able to work independently following spoken or written instructions.
- Good written communication skills and an ability to maintain accurate, clear records.
- Willingness to learn new skills to adapt positively to changes in working practice and patterns.
- Able to work flexibly in order to provide personal care and support.
- Access to car to drive for work purposes.
- Good general knowledge and education to GCSE standard.
- NVQ levels 1 & 2 or equivalent in health and social care
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 3 or studying towards CQF diploma level 3 in clinical health care support
- Previous nursing experience or experience of caring for someone who was elderly, disabled or ill, not necessarily in paid employment
- Good communication skills and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships.
- Ability to organise own time efficiently.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and to maintain a positive team-working relationship by relationship by valuing the contributions of other team members, understands others needs, using flexible approach, handling conflict positively in an open and constructive manner.
- Able to work independently following spoken or written instructions.
- Good written communication skills and an ability to maintain accurate, clear records.
- Willingness to learn new skills to adapt positively to changes in working practice and patterns.
- Able to work flexibly in order to provide personal care and support.
- Access to car to drive for work purposes.
- Good general knowledge and education to GCSE standard.
- NVQ levels 1 & 2 or equivalent in health and social care
- NVQ 3 or studying towards CQF diploma level 3 in clinical health care support
- Previous nursing experience or experience of caring for someone who was elderly, disabled or ill, not necessarily in paid employment
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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First Community Health and Care
Rehabilitation Assistant
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a caring, dynamic, and motivated person interested in working to support patients in their own home? We are looking for a Rehabilitation Assistant to join the Intermediate Care team, which is part of Responsive Services team in First Community Health and Care.
The Rehabilitation Assistants work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, other Rehabilitation Assistants and Administrative Staff. The Intermediate Care team provides short term care packages and rehabilitation to patients who have recently been discharged from hospital or those at risk of being admitted to hospital. The post of Rehabilitation Assistant involves providing care visits and rehabilitation in the patients own home under the direction or our nurses and therapists.
Due to nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to drive and have access to a car suitable for business use. The use of public transport to complete this role is not possible due to the area that we cover.
All staff undertake an induction programme. At First Community Health and training and development opportunities are supported through an annual appraisal process and in-house training.
The service operates from 08:00-20:00 7 days
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