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Job summary

Main area
General Medicine, COTE, Orthopaedics, Cardiology, Respiratory, surgery and A&E.
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
319-6409614IO
Employer
Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Town
Cramlington
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

NHS AfC: Band 3

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022).  Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

  • Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
  • Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
  • A range of flexible working opportunities
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
  • Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
  • On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
  • Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy. 

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

 

 

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a competent and enthusiastic Technical Instructor to join our friendly, well-established Occupational Therapy  Teams based at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Northumberland. You will work closely with the Occupational Therapists and other therapy staff across both sites to deliver rehabilitation within the Rehab environment and the patient's home environment where applicable. You will carry out assessments and treatment sessions that have initially been screened by the therapist and deliver/fit equipment in patient's homes. You may be required to work in the hospital setting if the service demands.

7  Day working shifts covering an 8-8 service .

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and experience;

  • NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or the willingness to complete within 12 months of employment or equivalent experience/and or qualifications.
  •  Education to GCSE or equivalent.
  • A basic understanding of the philosophy of OT and its various core skills.
  • An understanding of relevant legislative procedures within the OT department,
  • Including Health and Safety at work and Moving and Handling.
  • Ability to work independently or jointly with another member of staff.

Working for our organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) the post holder will be expected to:

  • Assist with providing a comprehensive occupational therapy service.
  • Carryout assessments and other tasks that have initially been screened by the therapist. This may include minor adaptations and equipment e.g. grab rails, banisters etc. and the completion of pre-operative assessments.
  • To carry out appropriate intervention requesting advice or support as required.
  • To perform any other task requested by the therapist appropriate to their remit, role and responsibilities.
  • Assist the therapist in facilitating safe discharge of patients from care including delivery and fitting of equipment that has been agreed as been needed.
  • Undertake appropriate training as indicated by the therapist specific to the client group encountered.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Education to GCSE or equivalent.
  • NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or the willingness to complete within 12 months of employment or equivalent experience/and or qualifications.
Desirable criteria
  • Food handling
  • Group skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lisa Hopper
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01670 564020
Additional information

 Occupational Therapy Team Lead

E: [email protected]

T: 01670 564020 

 

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