NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant - IRS
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Rehabilitation Assistant Band 3
Permanent | Fulltime | Intensive Rehabilitation Service (IRS), NELFT
Are you working in a care setting and ready for a new challenge?
Completed your Care Certificate and looking for your next step into the NHS?
This could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.
We’re looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Rehabilitation Assistant to join our London-based Intensive Rehabilitation Service (IRS), a dynamic, community-focused team supporting people to recover safely and confidently in their own homes.
At IRS, we deliver an alternative to bed-based rehabilitation, helping patients maintain independence in their familiar environment. As part of our multidisciplinary team, you will hold your own caseload of community patients and work closely with Nurses, Physiotherapists, and Occupational Therapists to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
Please note: participation in the weekend rota is required.
Why Join Us?
We offer a supportive, forward-thinking environment with excellent opportunities to grow:
- Protected CPD time + diverse in-service training programme
- Regular supervision and professional development
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Agile working devices to support community practice
- Flexibility across our 7-day service
- High Cost Area Supplement (15% of basic salary; minimum £3,483 to maximum £4,439)
- Convenient transport links into London
- Opportunities to participate in audits and service development
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Key Responsibilities
- This post includes a probationary period and requires successful completion of a numeracy and literacy assessment as per Trust standards.
- Internal applicants currently in a probation period or on the staff bank are not exempt.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients, and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They Are
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
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 on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering, and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes)
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This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part-time).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organization, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience, and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills, and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Please See The Attached Job Description And Person Specification
for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
For further information please contact Gagan Singh Bhogal
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