Senior Technical Instructor

4 weeks ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and passionate Senior Technical Instructor to join our highly regarded Emergency care physiotherapy team. The post holder will support the emergency care team in providing physiotherapeutic assessment, treatment and discharge planning for patients, particularly frail elderly patients who may have range of medical and social problems. The post holders will work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team to prevent hospital admission and facilitate hospital discharge for patients admitted to our medical assessment or short stay wards.

**Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.**

To perform specific therapeutic (clinical and non-clinical) assessment, treatment and discharge of an identified caseload of patients within the emergency care wards. The clinical caseload will be allocated and indirectly supervised by Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists within the area.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties within an agreed protocol within the individuals scope of practice. To ensure competence is gained and retained in all areas in which you practice.

To work without direct supervision, but under the direction of an HCPC registered therapist to perform specific tasks for an individual or group of patients, as part of their treatment and rehabilitation programmes.

To work within protocols and competencies specific to this post. To act as first contact in specific situations.

**Patient management includes**: assessment and information gathering to identify patient needs; development of treatment plans and review of progress at regular intervals; and delivery of care and rehabilitation.

Treatment activities might include following exercise and mobility programmes; and educating & advising patients and their families about their situation and options for the future. There will be liaison with family, carers and external agencies to ensure safe and effective discharge of patients from the Acute Trust and/or appropriate transfer of care to other services.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is the largest teaching hospital trust in the South West and employ almost 10,000 staff that work in 350 different roles, plus hundreds of volunteers.

We offer great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment and we offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

With an amazing quality of life, stunning waterfront location, buzzing city centre, fascinating maritime history, there is quite simply nowhere better to live, work and play than Plymouth. Plymouth offers an outstanding quality of life, with its fantastic location by the sea and the dramatic expanse of Dartmoor National Park as a backdrop. The sheltered waters of Plymouth Sound and adjacent rivers offer the perfect location for a huge range of water-based activities from sailing, paddleboarding, wakeboarding to scuba diving the many wreck sites.

The Physiotherapy Department can offer you a friendly and social atmosphere with a forward thinking and progressive attitude to the changing face of the NHS. If you join our department you will benefit from a well-established appraisal scheme, in-service training, encouragement with CPD and excellent senior and peer support. Clinical specialists enhance the clinical lead within the department, encouraging evidence based practice and research / audit.

Clinical
- To be accountable for own clinical practice and caseload management. To work without direct supervision but under the direction of the qualified staff in the performance of specific tasks for emergency care patients, as part of their treatment and rehabilitation programmes. Duties may include:
Initial assessment, treatment of post-operative patients, in accordance with established protocols, scope of practice and competence.

Development and Implementation of rehabilitation treatment programmes.

To understand and communicate complex information in simple and clear terms to patients, relatives, carers and other members of the MDT.

Develop person-specific goals for individuals and their carers.

Training and education of emergency care staff in the delivery of rehabilitation exercise programmes.

Positioning advice and care.

Conduct basis physiotherapeutic respiratory assessment.

Recognise acute and chronic deterioration and modify treatment accordingly.

Assessing performance of activities of daily living.

Teaching the use of specialist rehabilitation equipment.

Carry out level 1 & 2 psychological interventions, e.g. active listening
- To understand, provide, receive and exchange complex condition related information with patients and relatives, who may have communication difficulties. Patients may have c



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