Technical Instructor | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health trust in the United Kingdom is looking for a full-time Technical Instructor for their Discharge Home to Assess Team. This role involves providing clinical support to patients in their homes, maintaining treatment records, and participating in health promotion initiatives. Ideal candidates will have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in health-related qualifications. The position offers flexible working options and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• The ideal applicant would have a health-related qualification to the level of NVQ 3 or equivalent community experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide support, assessment and treatment for patients within their own homes.
• Maintain patient treatment records using System One.
• Participate in clinical supervision and service-level education.
• Manage a caseload of non-complex patients and prioritize tasks.

Skills

Health-related qualification (NVQ 3 or equivalent)

Experience in community care

Ability to support patient independence

Knowledge of health promotion

Job description

We are looking for full time Technical Instructor to join us our Discharge Home to Assess Team, covering the East Hertfordshire corridor (from Cuffley to Bishops Stortford).

Working within a multi-disciplinary team of health and social care professionals, providing support for clinical care to patients closer to home as part of the patient pathway from the acute sector through to discharge.

Responsibilities

• To provide support, assessment and treatment for patients within their own homes.
• To maintain patient treatment records using System one.
• To undertake a clinical caseload using knowledge and skills from theoretical and practical experience.
• To participate in clinical supervision, and service-level education to ensure that clinical practice is maintained to a high standard.

Operational

• At all times to be aware of the needs of patients and their carers. and help promote and encourage patient independence and where possible restore functional ability.
• Discharge patients under the supervision of qualified staff.
• Update patient records in a concise, accurate and timely manner in line with departmental standards and input appropriate statistics accordingly.
• To deliver clinician-guided activities and functional tasks in a patient’s own environment.

Patient / Customer Care

• To actively participate in and be aware of health promotion and health education initiatives within the service and apply these in practice.
• To inform patient’s carers and relatives in the safe use of mobility aids following previous instruction by a clinician.
• To carry own caseload of non-complex patients and prioritise this caseload, organising the day accordingly

Management and Leadership

• To assist with the planning and implementation of induction programmes for new staff.
• To support the development and training needs of the team
• To support the qualified therapists in assessing patients mobility in their normal residence.
• To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out duties and to adhere to departmental equipment policy.
• To take an active role in supervision and the appraisal scheme as an appraisee and be responsible for complying with agreed personal development plan to meet standard of knowledge and competencies.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you

The ideal applicant would have a health related qualification to the level of NVQ 3 or equivalent community experience.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

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This advert closes on Thursday 27 Nov 2025