Community Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Assistant

Transformationunitgm; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in Brockley is seeking a Community Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Assistant to support rehabilitation programmes for adults, primarily older patients. This part-time position offers a supportive environment with flexible working arrangements and regular supervision. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 3 or equivalent training and have experience working with health needs. The role requires managing a caseload and assisting qualified staff in providing individual and group treatments, contributing to maximizing patient independence.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support and supervision

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent training required.
• Experience of working with adults with health needs.
• Ability to work under direction and on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Support qualified staff in delivery of rehabilitation programmes.
• Manage own caseload and refer to qualified staff if needed.
• Assist in individual and group assessments and treatments.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Basic IT skills

Manual handling

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent training

GCSE English & Maths or equivalent

Tools

Healthcare IT systems

Job description

Main area Community Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Service Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 197-R-LC7756

Employer Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Honor Oak Health Centre Town Brockley Salary £24,937 - £26,598 Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/01/2026 23:59

Community Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Assistant

Band 3

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

The post holder will work alongside and be supported by qualified Nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists plus our current Band 4 staff in a support role, delivering orthopaedic prehabilitation and rehabilitation programmes to a range of adults, primarily older adults. The aim is for patients to maximise their independence.

Main duties of the job

This may involve group work or working on a 1:1 basis.

Patients have a variety of medical conditions requiring a flexible approach to treatment to ensure individualised care.

You will manage your caseload and refer to qualified staff if required.

Basic IT skills are required as you will be required to provide some support for our administrator and need to order equipment for patients using IT systems.

We offer excellent support and regular supervision to the successful candidate and will consider flexible working arrangements.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To participate in the development of the Multidisciplinary Community Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Service that continues to meet the client group's needs and responds to Government initiatives.

To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of rehabilitative support within the rehabilitation setting.

To assist in individual and group assessments/treatments/activities , including hydrotherapy, or to treat patients on a 1:1 basis or in a group situation, as directed by the therapists.

To independently carry out treatment sessions, working towards joint prehabilitation and rehabilitation goals as directed by the Multidisciplinary Team members, and to report back orally, and in the appropriate written format as directed.

To hold own caseload as delegated by the team.

Undertake manual handling and therapeutic handling techniques with patients both single handed and as part of a team.

To perform environmental assessment on access visits where required.

To supply patients with appropriate , safe, walking aids and to instruct patients in the use of this equipment when requested by team members.

To deliver and install simple aids and equipment in the patient’s home as requested by therapy staff and to instruct patients and carer in the use of this equipment, as appropriate.

Responsible for entering equipment loan data and activity on Local Electronic database (TCES)

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent training
• GCSE English & Maths or equivalent
• To have completed an approved in-service training course recently or evidence of other recent study

Experience

• Experience of working/dealing with adults with health needs
• Experience of working within a health/social care environment
• Experience of working in a team
• Computer skills including typing notes, letters, completing spreadsheets and scanning
• Experience in working in rehabilitation & care
• Experience of working with individuals as 1:1 or in groups
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

• Ability to work across hospital and community settings
• Ability to work under direction of other as well as on own initiative
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to understand instructions and carry out tasks accurately
• Ability to maintain records including clear wording, legible handwriting and accurate spelling.
• Ability to maintain records including clear wording, legible handwriting and accurate spelling.
• Able to perform effectively with unpredictable work patterns and pressures
• Ability to identify diverse needs of patients and address these needs in planning
• Ability to work within organisational policies
• Basic understanding of health and community services
• To have knowledge or Care programme approach, principles of Safeguarding of vulnerable adults, risk assessment and management and mental capacity

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

To ensure fairness and manageable shortlisting processes, some vacancies may have an application cap. This means the vacancy will close once a set number of applications have been received even if this happens before the advertised closing date. We recommend applying as early as possible to avoid missing out. All applications received before the cap is reached will be considered equally and assessed against the person specification.