Macmillan Technical Instructor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a temporary part-time (18.75hpw) Band 3 Technical Instructor to join the Specialist Community Palliative Care Service. The post is to cover maternity leave and will be for 12 months. The post will be based in Hexham and will cover the West area, however may occasionally be asked to support in other areas. The posts will be working for Northumbria Healthcare Trust in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support and will be part of the existing Macmillan Palliative Care team. The service work closely with the MDT including Consultants, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers and Healthcare Assistants.

You must have an ability to work towards NVQ level 3, be educated to GCSE level or equivalent with at least 2 years’ experience of working in and adult health/social care setting.

The TI role is to complete new assessments for clients requesting review of walking aids, bathing needs and provision equipment to promote independence within the home, they also support our therapists with rehabilitation programmes for clients at home.

To communicate information and advice to service users, carers, families, agencies and providers and professional colleagues verbally and in written form, using information technology appropriately.

To provide written and electronic reports, providing details of assessments and recommendations.

To make recommendations and facilitate the implementation and provision of assistive equipment and minor adaptations.

Fit assistive devices, equipment within competency banding with a degree of accuracy and expertise using hand-eye co-ordination. This may be undertaken in restrictive conditions i.e. clients home environment.

Ability to support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists with moving and handling duties.

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

To carry out delegated duties, contributing to the planning / maintenance and
development of the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Service and acting as a valuable resource to other members of the multidisciplinary team.