Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare is looking for an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor to join their team. This role offers the opportunity to assist qualified therapists and engage in patient care through assessments and interventions while working in a supportive environment dedicated to improving staff well-being and professional development.

Benefits

Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

Access to lease car and home electronics scheme

Opportunities to improve professional development

On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice

Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in an OT setting.
• Experience to undertake non-complex OT assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Assist the OT and take lead from qualified therapists.
• Carry out assessments that have been screened by the OT.
• Assist qualified staff in administrative tasks.

Skills

Excellent communication

Assessment skills

Decision making

Advocacy

IT skills

Education

Education to GCSE or equivalent

NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above

Job description

Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

NHS AfC: Band 3

Main area Allied Health Professionals Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (N/A) Job ref 319-7226098IO

Site North Tyneside General Hospital Town North Shields Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59

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.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

An exciting new opportunity has arose to join the Occupational Therapy Specialist services Team.

Excellent communication, assessment, decision making, advocacy and IT skills are desired. There will be an expectation to transport and deliver minor aids / equipment within the community. The post holder will need to be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.

The successful candidate will be a vital member of the Occupational Therapy team.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

Main duties of the job

• Assist the OT and take lead from the qualified therapists. Including the delivery and fitting of appropriate equipment as assessed by the therapists.
• Carry out assessments and other tasks that have either a) been screened by an OT or b) where the work boundaries are clearly defined (excluding complex assessments) with direct and indirect supervision of a registered Therapist.
• Undertake appropriate training specific to the client group.
• Assist qualified staff in administrative tasks including requisitioning resources and maintaining updated resource information.
• Liaise and feedback to other members of the MDT.
• Review and reflect on own practice and performance through regular participation in supervision and appraisal.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

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.
• 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.
• Undertake appropriate training as indicated by the therapist specific to the client group encountered
• To support occupational therapy administration function

Person specification

Qualifications

• 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

Experience and knowledge

• Previous experience of working in an OT setting
• Experience to undertake noncomplex OT assessments and interventions

Other

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Louise Pocklington Job title Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0191 2932773 Additional information

Lara Mussel -Stanley

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

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