Job summary
Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home. These posts are to cover Bassetlaw.

The division provides an extensive portfolio of children's, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.

Main duties of the job
Discharge to Assess (home first) is a thriving service in Nottinghamshire. It is designed to help patients to be discharged earlier once they have become medically fit, using the latest systems and technology to provide the most efficient and effective reablement care possible, putting the patient at the centre of their own care and delivering the outcomes they wish to achieve to support their health and wellbeing.

The team enables individuals to increase independence and improve health outcomes by designing programs for recovery and self-care management through timely assessments, interventions, reablement, rehabilitation and management of long-term and life limiting conditions working in collaboration with the patient, their carer, and are vital in transforming community health services, ensuring high quality care is provided both now and into the future based around the needs of our patients - together we all make a difference.

The service and operates 7-days: 08.00 - 22.00hrs.

Job responsibilities
The search has begun for Community Rehabilitation Assistants for for the Discharge to assess (Home First) within the Community Health Services Division.

We are looking to recruit dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Rehabilitation Assistants to join this established service within South Nottinghamshire.

You will work within the Discharge to Assess, under the direction of a registered professional and part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation. Providing care to patients within a community setting, who require reablement / rehabilitation support to enable them to carry out activities of daily living in order to maintain them within their own home environment.

This could be the role for you, and we would love to hear from you if you can:

• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
• Support our patients within a community setting that enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs to avoid and reduce hospital admissions by implementing patient tailored rehabilitation, nursing care and exercise programmes.
• Demonstrate high levels of care and compassion providing rehabilitation for adults to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people achieve their rehabilitation goals within the places they call home.
• Enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families.

For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification in order to be shortlisted for interview.

We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our team....so if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of working...we want to hear from you.

Why choose us?
As a part of the Discharge to Assess family and this new venture you can expect to be supported by your colleagues in your work, supported to extend your clinical reasoning and practical clinical skills to enhance your career and have your talent nurtured.

We acknowledge personal and work commitments is sometimes difficult to manage, and we will support people to achieve the right work life balance through flexible working in a variety of full and part time roles which aim to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.

You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer;

• Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working and job share opportunities
• Promotion of a healthy work life balance
• Salary sacrifice schemes e.g., public transport loans, cycle schemes
• Staff discount schemes e.g., Discounted leisure Centre membership
• Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
• An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
• Support for carers
• Travel mileage costs are repaid for all mileage on Trust business and is paid above the government standard rate.

Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk

If you want to be a Community Rehabilitation Assistant that is a part of this exciting new service, that makes a difference to the population of Nottinghamshire, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £15 per year applies.

Person Specification
Skills (Essential)

• Ability to demonstrate good organisational skills.
• IT skills / Data collection
• Excellent verbal / written communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure
• Good time management skills
• Ability to work both independently and as an effective team player
• Developed observational skills with the ability to report and record physical/mental health observations of incidents/events and behaviours in a timely and accurate manner

Skills (Desirable)

• Knowledge and experience of a range of clinical skills, including venepuncture, ECG, catheter care, wound care

Knowledge (Essential)

• To have a basic understanding of common physical and mental health issues in older people and have an understanding of their needs.
• To have knowledge of Equality and Diversity issues.

Knowledge (Desirable)

• To have an understanding of the roles of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy.
• To have an understanding of risk assessments.

Qualifications (Essential)

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Qualifications (Desirable)

• Relevant clinical skills
• Competency Based Education Package - or prepared to undertake

Experience (Essential)

• Previous caring experience in a formal care setting

Experience (Desirable)

• Experience in adult rehabilitation/caring role
• Previous wound care / clinical skills

Values and Behaviours (Essential)

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Contractual Requirements (Essential)

• Flexible working hours to work weekends and evenings to meet service need
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

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.

Employer details
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Retford Hospital, North Road, Retford, DN22 7XF, United Kingdom.
Employer's website: https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead, Victoria Ashford, victoria.ashford@nottshc.nhs.uk, 07896939457

Date posted: 05 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata for part time
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 186-1005-26-GH
Job locations: Retford Hospital, North Road, Retford, DN22 7XF, United Kingdom

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