Rehabilitation Assistant

Transformationunitgm; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistant to join their Medicine team. The ideal candidate will provide Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy interventions to patients, demonstrating excellent communication skills and a passion for improving quality of life. Responsibilities include managing a patient caseload and working closely with qualified staff. This position offers both full-time and part-time opportunities with training and development provided.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with patients.
• Experience of working with older people.
• Basic understanding of moving and handling principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy intervention to patients.
• Manage a designated caseload of patients within a specified clinical area.
• Deliver assistive equipment in the patient’s home as directed by the therapist.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational and time management skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Ability to work in isolation

Education

NVQ Level III Health related or equivalent

Job description

Main area 317 Occupational Therapy Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent: Fixed Term Positions Available - Weekend day as part of contracted hours Hours.

• Full time
• Part time

Job ref 317-2025-52-19-DR

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Trustwide Town 317 Trustwide Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 10/02/2026

Rehabilitation Assistant

Band 3

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under‑represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistants to provide Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy intervention to patients within the Medicine team including older peoples medicine.

Experience of both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy is beneficial as the successful candidates will be working closely with qualified staff from each profession.

We are looking for well‑motivated individuals who have excellent communication skills. They should be passionate about maximising quality of life, preventing deconditioning, promoting wellbeing and enabling people to maintain functional independence.

Training and support will be provided and the successful individuals will be expected to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Interview Date Tuesday 10 February 2026
• Full & Part Time Hours Available/Permanent & Fixed Term Contracts
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidates will;

• Have experience working with patients with both a physical and cognitive decrease of function
• Have a good understanding of the role of the occupational therapist and physiotherapist within an acute hospital setting
• Have excellent communication skills
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work alongside the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist to deliver Therapy to a complex caseload on the ward.
• To independently manage a designated caseload of patients defined as non‑complex within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the Therapies within predetermined guidelines.
• To deliver and fit assistive equipment in the patient’s home as directed by the therapist.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• Technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III Health related or equivalent technical/work experience

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience of working with patients
• Working with older people
• Broad range of life experiences An appreciation of the principles of rehabilitation
• An understanding of moving and handling principles
• Have the ability to reflect and appraise own performance so to maintain own continued personal development.
• Have a basic understanding of the principles of behaviour and conduct in practice
• Experience of working with individuals with a physical disability e.g. stroke
• Working as a member of a team

Skills & Abilities

• Organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and in isolation
• Commitment to personal development
• Effective written and oral communication skills

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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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.