Rehabilitation Coach
- NHS
- Part Time
- Llanrumney
- 26928.00 - 29551.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Cardiff Community Resource Team is a community based multidisciplinary team consisting of Therapists, Nurses, Consultants and associated support staff. The team works to support people at home and either avoid hospital admission or facilitate early discharge, with rehabilitation being delivered within the person's own home. We work collaboratively with Cardiff Local Authority colleagues who provide domiciliary care when required. We work across the whole of the beautiful City of Cardiff to ensure support is delivered to people within their own communities and closer to home.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will use previous experience and consolidation of practice, whilst working work under the direction of a registered practitioner, to organise and deliver community treatment and evidenced based falls programmes for identified patients in the locality.
The candidate will be required to work in patients' home in an unsupervised capacity whilst preparing and carrying out routine elements of patient assessment. Additionally, the successful candidate will have to plan and take responsibility for care/treatment of the community that they are accountable for.
Other requirements include monitoring patients and alerting therapists when there are unexpected changes, and modify approaches and activities within care/treatment using own clinical reasoning notify a registered practitioner accordingly, utilising evidenced based outcome measures where required.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and personal specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oNumerate and literate to GCSE level or equivalent
- oGood command of English
- oRecognised qualification NVQ level 3, Agored Cymru or equivalent.
Desirable
- oEvidence of further education e.g. relevant Health and Social Care qualification, sport science, or other relevant qualification
- oBasic Food Hygiene
- oQualified or working towards a Level 4 Exercise Rehabilitation qualification
Experience
Essential
- oHealth and/or Social Care experience
- oDealing with people both individually or in groups
Desirable
- oWorking with people
- oPrevious experience working as a therapy support worker
- oWorking in the fitness industry.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to communicate with a wide range of people
- oGood interpersonal skills
- oGood organisational skills
- oAbility to work as a member of a team
- oAbility to work alone
- oAwareness of own limitations
- oAbility to motivate people
- oBasic IT skills
Desirable
- oDatabase management skills
- oTeaching skills/experience
- oAbility to use digital technology
Special Knowledge
Essential
- o A proven knowledge base in rehabilitation and the role of Therapies
Desirable
- oUnderstanding disability issues
- oUnderstanding of approaches to improving healthy choices in community setting.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oFlexible approach
- oAdaptable to change
- oReliable and punctual
- oSelf-motivated
Desirable
- oDemonstrates initiative
- oWelsh speaker
Other
Essential
- oAble to travel, in a timely manner to undertake duties of the post at various locations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address
Cardiff Community Resource Team - Llanrumney and Whitchurch
Cardiff Community Resource Team, 91-99 Llanrumney Avenue
Cardiff
CF34DP
