Specialist Services Rehabilitation Assistant

• NHS AfC: Band 3
• Main area
• Surrey Downs Health & Care
• Grade
• NHS AfC: Band 3
• Contract
• Permanent
• Hours
• Part time - 30 hours per week
• Job ref
• 343-SDHC-8255005
• Site
• Leatherhead Community Hospital
• Town
• Leatherhead
• Salary
• £27,106 - £28,850 Pro Rata Per Annum inc Fringe HCAS
• Salary period
• Yearly
• Closing
• 20/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We are looking for a dedicated Rehabilitation Assistant to join our community therapy team. In this role, you will support the delivery of rehabilitation services across physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy. Working in a variety of settings—including patients’ homes, clinics, and community spaces—you will play a key part in helping individuals regain independence and improve their quality of life.

Main duties of the job

• To provide rehabilitation support services.
• To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in the Community. Treatment may occur in the department, patients’ home or other appropriate setting. Treatment may be provided for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech and Language Therapy.
• To carry own patient caseload, assessing and treating routine patients within guidelines agreed by the treating therapist. Monitor progress and make minor alterations to patient treatment programmes as required.
• Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing the treating therapist of any problems. Receiving guidance and advice on an almost daily basis

Working for our organisation

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey County Council

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To gather information prior to seeing client and provide feedback to the therapist.

To contribute to the assessment process and provide feedback to the therapist.

To implement therapy programmes/approaches, both on an individual basis and for groups and provide feedback to therapist.

To contribute to the evaluation of therapeutic interventions, including discharge planning.

To be able to prioritise workload, following managerial supervision.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE or equivalent English and Maths (or equivalent) Proven broad based educational achievement

Other

Essential criteria

• Valid license to drive in UK with access to a car for business use

Experience & knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate effectively with colleagues, clinical staff, managers and patients and carers of all ages and social backgrounds

Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of working with people

Your recruitment team

The SDH&C Recruitment and HR team are here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:

E: esth.sdhc-recruitment@nhs.net

Your application

Please ensure your supporting statement clearly reflects the job description and person specification , as shortlisting will be based on these criteria.

Please refer to the latest UKVI guidance and ensure you have the appropriate right to work before applying for this role.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to draft your application. We value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own experience and communication style.

References

Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history , including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.

Closing date

To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by email or SMS. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.

Application feedback

If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date , please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.