Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

The post is situated within the Forensic Division and located in a High Secure setting at Rampton Hospital.

We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor Grade III. This post will be based in a Day Unit setting, strengthening our existing team of experienced staff in the Therapies and Education Service.

The day unit teams are central to the care, treatment and recovery of our patient groups. These posts will play an important part to support clinical staff in providing a programme of therapeutic interventions for patients across the service.

The post holder will work with patients who are at risk to themselves and others and require treatment in a high secure setting. The post holder will supervise, instruct and support patients in activities relating to their treatment programmes both within the unit and on wards.

This post attracts Additional high secure allowance of £4,012.00 per year.
- Contribute to and assist in the delivery of a needs led recovery programme based on the individual patient’s required needs.
- Contribute to the daily functioning of the designated area of work.
- Be actively involved in the treatment of individual patients. Working with other Technical Instructors and Occupational Therapists to ensure full packages of care are delivered.
- Successfully time manage and prioritise areas of responsibility.
- Attend relevant service and wider meetings as required and appropriate.
- Communicate effectively within own service and with other colleagues.
- Accurately record statistical information.
- With support, keep accurate, appropriate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with the Forensic Information Governance Group and Trust Policy.
- Undertake administrative tasks as required by the service and the Directorate.
- Ensures that resources are available within the service to delivery the planned therapeutic activities.
- The post holder will be required to undertake other duties or tasks as required as consistent with the job role and grade.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Please see the attached documents detailing the job description and person specification for this post.

Please note that this post may not meet the pay and skill level required for a Skilled worker visa

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of Agenda for Change Band 3. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.