NHS Scotland
Rehabilitation Support Worker
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced RSW to join our Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) in the St Andrews Locality.
The CRT provide rehabilitation to the adult population within the locality. This will be delivered to service users as in-patients, out-patients, or within their own home.
About the Role
The primary function of this role will be to work with the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy teams to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists will provide specialist assessments to this patient group and allocate work to this post holder. This post will primarily deal with the function of daily rehab in the community, a service provided 365 days of the year from 0745-2200.
Responsibilities
- Work with Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy teams to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes.
- Prevent hospital admission and support early discharge from hospital.
- Deal with daily rehab in the community.
Requirements
- SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
- Experience working as a support worker would be desirable.
- Experience working with older people is desirable.
- Good organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
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Working Conditions
- May be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites.
- Work 25 hours flexibly over 7 days.
- Ability to travel throughout the area is essential.
Benefits
- Regular supervision, PDP, and supports training opportunities.
Application Process
- Interviews will be held face to face.
- Informal Enquiries: Alison Constance, Physiotherapy Team Lead, Alison.Constance@nhs.scot.
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Eligibility to Work in the UK
- NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application.
- If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK.
- For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found in the government website.
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Equality and Diversity
- We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
- NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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