Job Title: Rehabilitation Assistant
Agency: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Location: London, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 33,094 – 36,195 £ / Year

Job Summary

West and North Neighbourhoods, Camden, are excited to be able to advertise for a Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant.

Working to support the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy needs of people in Camden, the therapy team provides holistic assessment and treatment plans in the community. This role will assist us in providing rehabilitation programmes for patients in the west and North of Camden who have complex physical needs or require further therapeutic progression to achieve their goals and independence.

You will help prevent our patients from being admitted to acute services and support their discharge from the hospital. Aiming to improve their independence in functional skills, this role will require the use of your empathy, communication, and partnership working skills. You will have the opportunity to have supervised support from the neighbourhood therapists and nursing teams, and work in co-operation with the wider multi-disciplinary team in providing rehabilitation needs and discharge planning to maintain patient flow. Previous experience working in a physical rehabilitation role is essential.

Interviews will take place in a face-to-face format

Main duties of the job

• To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients, to achieve optimal independence with or without the assistance of others.
• To provide flexible programmes and interventions of therapeutic activities, under the guidance of the neighbourhood therapy team
• Follow treatment plans as agreed
• Work without direct supervision, monitoring progress and minor adaptations to interventions as required, including low-level assessments.
• Participate in planned therapy interventions both in 1:1 settings and group settings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ 3 Health and Social Care / Foundation degree (willing to work towards)
• Educated to GCSE standard

Experience

Essential

• Work experience in a health and social care setting, preferably with an understanding of rehabilitation and MDT working
• Therapy background in Community/ A&E, with transferable skills
• Autonomous working

Knowledge

Essential

• Understands & promotes equality, diversity, and human rights
• Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace

Key Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Develop the skills to work autonomously in a community setting
• Willing to develop own skills and competencies within the MDT
• Ability to recognise the deterioration of a patient
• Ability to work under pressure, organise oneself and demonstrate good time management
• Health & safety and risk awareness
• Good written/verbal communication skills, including IT skills ( typing)
• Awareness of limitations and when to seek advice to solve clinical difficulties
• Ability to prioritise tasks

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).

Closing Date: 21 January 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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