An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Rehab Support Worker to join our Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) in the Kirkcaldy Locality.
The CRT provide rehabilitation to the adult population within the locality. This will be delivered to service users as out-patients or within their own home.
The primary function of this role will be to work with the Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy & Nursing Services within Intermediate Care to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists & Nurses 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.
You will have an SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Experience working as a support worker would be desirable. It would be desirable to have experience working with older people as they are the main group of service users referred.
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team you will be expected to carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload of mainly older people.
You will have good organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within the team.
There may be occasions when you will be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites.
You will require to work 24.7 hours flexibly over 7 days.
Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and supports training opportunities.
The ability to travel throughout the area is essential as this is a community post.
Interviews will be held face to face.
Informal Enquiries: Please contact Claire Dumbreck, Occupational Therapy Team Lead, Kat Marshall, Physiotherapy Team Lead or Donna Pettigrew, Charge Nurse on 01592 648129
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
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It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
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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