Job Description

We have an exciting permanent, full-time (37.5 hour) opportunity for a new member to join our multidisciplinary team with the Stroke Early Support Discharge team as a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant. We are looking for a kind, passionate, organised and resourceful Rehabilitation Assistant to join our welcoming team to provide stroke specialist rehabilitation. You will be joining an experienced and supportive team striving to meet the physical, cognitive and functional needs of patients following a stroke in the community.



To assist the multidisciplinary team on a daily basis to provide stroke specialist rehabilitation under the direction/guidance of registered clinicians to patients in the community.

The Rehabilitation Assistant will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver rehabilitation programmes to stroke survivors in the community.

The role includes working with patients and their families, under the direction of registered clinicians.

The needs of this patient group demands physical and mental resilience, and a need to engage in manual handling activities, personal hygiene care tasks, and to work with people who have challenging behaviours is part of this role.

The role includes indirect tasks which support the patient's care and therapy needs, such as administration tasks and management of equipment.

The role is based within the community and will involve driving and weekend working.



Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Find out more about working for our organisation here:

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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.



See attached Rehabilitation Assistant job description and person specification for further information.