Rehabilitation Assistant | West London NHS Trust

We are looking for talented and dynamic Therapy Assistant to join the Hounslow Falls Prevention and Bone Health Service. The service aims to enable people to work towards self-management and enable understanding of health and functional factors that could contribute to falls. You would be joining the team at an exciting time as we work in partnership with Borough colleagues to enhance links between clinical and community services aimed at enabling the population of Hounslow to live well and reduce their risk of falls now and in the future.

You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics and Nursing, with patients and their carers to offer a range of multi-disciplinary interventions following a multi factorial falls risk assessment. You may also work closely with colleagues in the acute Falls/ Frailty clinic, community Stay Steady and Active services and the local authority. You will receive support, supervision and training to fulfil this role in its entirety.

The service is delivered through multiple site clinics and home visits. The post holder will work flexibly and be mobile across the Hounslow Borough and in hospital settings. You may be required to work some weekends to maximise patient access to the service.

• Provide holistic, multifactorial falls interventions for clients who are at risk of, or worried about falling.
• Independently manage a caseload without direct supervision and to be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk.
• Provide high quality comprehensive clinical interventions based in best practice and within level of competence
• Participate in pathway design and promotion of the service to encourage new sources and routes of referral to optimise the scope and impact of the service.
• Assist the team leader in the provision of the service as necessary and report to senior Occupational therapist or physiotherapist
• Comply with ethics and relevant national and local policies and procedures.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Jun 2026