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Rehabilitation Assistant

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust43 open roles

Pay
£25,760 – £27,476 a year
Where
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Work mode
Hybrid
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Your applicationOpen nowRehabilitation AssistantPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

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13.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust postings stay open a median of 14 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.6%3 days
  3. 13.3%7 days
  4. 21.3%14 days
  5. 35.7%30 days
  6. 59.1%60 days
This job: posted 7 days ago

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust median: 14 days open

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Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job Description

NHS Band 3 Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum

Hours Per Week: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

The Team covers a large geographical area, so being a confident and competent car driver and owner is essential.

Are you a HCSW who has a passion for rehabilitation?

You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team to support patients in their journey of recovery. This is an opportunity for career progression and recognition of your skills; whilst playing an important part in enhancing the patient experience.

You will be based in the community where you will be able to deliver personalised care, help aid in a patient's independence during their rehabilitation and helps reduce hospital readmissions.

Job Purpose:

  • · Under the supervision of registered health care professionals assist the multidisciplinary team with the provision of nursing and rehabilitation support to a high standard for neurological, including stroke patients.
  • · To participate and support in the implementation of Care Plans and Goal planning, to enable the patients to achieve maximum potential, independence, health and self-esteem.
  • · The post holder shows initiative, motivation and excellent organisational ability working closely with the interdisciplinary team.
  • · Ensure patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by treating all patients, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity, and courtesy in accordance with Trust values.
  • · Ensuring that, always you act within the aims, objectives, policies and procedures of Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust.

For further information about the role please refer to the Job Description

Qualifications

  • QCF or BTEC or equivalent (NVQ) Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care/Clinical Health, or completion of NHSP Care Support Worker Development Programme with 1 year experience as a Health Care Support Worker + an English and Maths qualification at Level 2
  • To have 1 year as a band 2 in rehabilitation or equivalent setting, such acute stroke or orthopaedics.
  • Experience of working with people in a caring setting and a multidisciplinary team
  • Experience working as part of a team.

Desirable

  • Experience within a hospital setting as a Health Care Support Worker
  • 1 years’ experience, as minimum, as a Band 2 in a rehabilitation setting

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team and to work safely under own initiative.
  • Effective patient/client care skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including by telephone.
  • Respect for confidentiality.
  • Able to meet the minimum skill set within first twelve months of appointment with support and development where required (list of skills as defined in generic competency framework).
  • Skill in engaging others in a therapeutic relationship.
  • Knowledge of the underpinning philosophy of rehabilitation.
  • Knowledge of health and social care issues.

Desirable

  • IT skills
  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
  • To be or working towards being a care certificate assessor
  • Experience of liaising with other agencies

Personal Qualities / Other

  • Flexible and willing to embrace innovative ways of working.
  • Ability to initiate and prioritise tasks.
  • Self-motivated and skilled in motivating others.
  • Ability to recognise personal risk.
  • Approachable, sensitive to the needs of others.
  • Self-resilience
  • An awareness of one’s personal and professional limitations.
  • Commitment to personal development.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Smoke Free Policy:

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.

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