Rehabilitation Assistant

Transformationunitgm; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider located in Greater London is seeking a Rehabilitation Assistant to join their Surgical Rehabilitation Team. In this role, you will assist patients in their recovery journey, supporting therapists during treatment and ensuring patient safety. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, relevant qualifications, and experience in healthcare settings. This position offers an opportunity to grow in a valued multidisciplinary team committed to equality and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for personal development

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Educated to A level or Degree level or equivalent skills acquired through experience.
• Knowledge of rehabilitation and understanding health needs in a multi-cultural population.

Responsibilities

• Work independently with patients to continue and progress treatment programmes.
• Assist patients home from hospital and ensure their safety.
• Accurately record and report treatment and patient responses.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Physical capability for patient handling

Experience working in NHS

Teamwork

Education

Levels A-C in GCSE including English, Science, Maths

A level or Degree or equivalent experience

Care certificate

Qualification in health care or rehabilitation

Job description

Employer Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Homerton Hospital Town London Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/02/2026 23:59

Rehabilitation Assistant in the Surgical Rehabilitation Team

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Job overview

This role offers an interesting and exciting opportunity to learn and develop in a supported environment as of a wide multidisciplinary team supporting patients through their journey to happier and healthier lives.

A rehabilitation assistant’s typical working day will include seeing patients on their own on the ward, assisting therapists with treatment sessions, and accompanying patients home from hospital to ensure they are safe.

Treatment sessions may include teaching and progressing exercise programmes, walking re-education, and practicing washing and dressing. The assistant will provide and adjust equipment to assist daily activities and will feedback any risks or safety concerns to the therapists.

Assistant staff will also carry out administrative and departmental duties e.g. collating data, monitoring and maintaining equipment stocks, taking telephone messages, sending letters to patients and referrals to other teams.

Main duties of the job

• Work with patients who may have complex and varying physical and psychological presentations
• Work with therapists, nurses and other assistants to assess and provide goal directed clinical intervention to patients on the ward
• Work independently with patients to continue and progress treatment programmes, and feedback sessions to the therapists.
• Run activity groups or presentation sessions, organising patients to attend, and coordinating transport to assist patients in and out of the hospital if required.
• Assist patients home from hospital and assess that they are safe in their own environment. Set up equipment as directed by the therapist to aid their function.
• Accurately, comprehensively and contemporaneously record and report back the treatment provided and the patient's response to treatment in the relevant records in line with local and national standards.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Educated to levels A-C in GCSE or equivalent English, Science, Maths
• Educated to A level or Degree level or equivalent skills acquired through experience
• Care certificate
• Qualification in relevant field of health care or rehabilitation

Knownledge of Rehabilitation

• Knowledge of rehabilitation
• Understanding the health needs in a multi-cultural population

Skills / Abilities

• Able to communicate clearly in English (verbally and written)
• Able to use own initiative and to problem solve
• Physically capable of moving and handling patients
• Experience working in the NHS
• Experience of working with allied health professionals or equivalentExperience working in multi-disciplinary teams

Experience

• Experience working in a healthcare or rehabilitation setting
• Working with older people and/or people with an illness or disability
• Working in a team
• Experience working in the NHS
• Experience of working with allied health professionals or equivalent
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams

Trust Values

• Understand and Demonstrate Trust Values

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.