Reablement Worker

The Reablement Worker will function as part of the multidisciplinary team within a sub-acute intermediate care setting to provide a seamless service to patients.

The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a range of delegated tasks and will report to a registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional.

The Reablement Worker will provide general / specific rehabilitation, reablement and personal care as specified below for a patient group and will be proficient and competent to work across professional disciplines. The reablement worker will also be supported to achieve competencies to enable them to work in-between the disciplines.

Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients as per care plan and assist the nurses and Allied Health Professionals in patients treatment. To undertake rehabilitation and reablement of patients as per the multidisciplinary team plan

Perform patient assessment (under supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner) to identify goals and plan and deliver high standards of care

The clinical work will follow protocols/treatment plans and is aimed at exercise and advice where appropriate, as well as enabling the patient to improve functional ability and mobility (ability to get in and out of bed, transfer from chair to toilet, walk with walking aid if necessary and climb stairs if appropriate) and promote independent living

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Skills

Experience

Essential: - Experience of working in a caring role undertaking a full range of clinical competencies to NVQ Level 3

Desirable: - Worked as a therapy or healthcare assistant.; - Experience of working in more than one specialty within a health care environment.

Qualifications

Essential: - Written, verbal and numeric skills to GCSE or similar level; - NVQ Level 3 health related study or equivalent experience

Desirable: - Care Certificate; - Experience of clerical work

Knowledge