Job Summary
Interviews for this role will be face to face only.
The Amputee Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) is an established 12 bedded unit, located at the Lambeth Community Care Centre, Kennington. The essence of the ARU model of care is to provide specialist rehabilitation for people who have undergone major amputation. Therapy is delivered over 5 days to maximise patient outcomes and goal attainment over approximately 6 weeks.
The ARU brings together the essential elements of evidence based post-operative amputee care in an appropriately staffed and equipped specialist unit. Such elements include access to specialist medical, nursing, therapy, prosthetics and counselling professionals in amputee care. This facilitates early mobilisation, prosthetic provision and psychological care within a dedicated and intensive rehabilitation setting.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out assigned therapy and rehabilitation tasks as part of the flexible ARU multi-disciplinary therapy team. The will ensure high standards of personal, therapy and rehabilitation care to patients by primarily assisting the ARU therapists in assessing patients and following care plans. Some aspects of care provision will be conducted without direct supervision.
The post holder will work with both occupational therapists and physiotherapists and carry out tasks across the disciplines.
The post holder will work closely with our rehabilitation nurses encouraging function and physical activity on the ward.
The post holder will also have non clinical tasks such as stock checks, ordering equipment, equipment maintenance and audits and must be proficient is the use of EPIC.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessing patients requiring walking/ other aids and instruct them in their proper and safe usage
- Experience of working as a band 3 or band 4 within therapies in the NHS
Desirable
- Experience of working with amputees in a rehabilitation setting
- Experience working within vascular surgery, orthopaedics or plastic surgery department or other rehabilitation setting
- Experience completing outcome measures
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge of health care delivery
- Knowledge about the role of the physiotherapist and the occupational therapist
- Knowledge of the proper and safe use of wheelchairs
Desirable
- Proficient in use of health clinical systems and prior use of EPIC
- Knowledge of amputee rehabilitation
Skills
Essential
- Able to maintain own caseload of patients with complex conditions, as delegated by the occupational therapist and/or physiotherapist and to prioritise appropriately in order to meet deadlines
- Ability to treat patients within prescribed clinical protocols/programmes with minimum or no immediate supervision
- Ability to progress (and/or make minor adjustments to) prescribed treatment plans, when appropriate, by using own clinical judgement and knowledge within agreed parameters
- Ability to assess and prescribe simple aids and equipment for personal and domestic activities of daily living
- Ability to plan and lead group patient treatment
- Organic written communication evident from application
Desirable
- Skills of applying and using Early Walking Aids
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Established and significant experience in a therapy unit/department working with inpatient and outpatient populations
- Completed Health & Social Care NVQ Level 4 or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience working with vascular, orthopaedic or amputee patients
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.
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: 04 January 2026
