Rehabilitation Technical Instructor

We have a part time vacancy within our Therapy team working across our 3 wards in our community hospitals at Clacton and Harwich.

Our vision is to be the leader in the communities that we serve, providing innovation, quality, and value for money as we deliver healthcare services that are accessible to all.

We are currently seeking individuals with experience working in Rehabilitation to come and work in our community hospitals, supporting qualified Therapists with day to day assessment and treatments. It is expected that the post holder will be working within a rehabilitative setting or has worked with or works with Therapists.

You will work in Clacton and if required Harwich. We provide a high standard of care and successful rehabilitation in a nurse lead environment.

We look after patients with a range of requirements including general medical, rehabilitation, palliative care and post-surgery care.

We are also commissioned for 10 stroke beds where we have KPI’s to meet locally for a seven day service.
- Enable patients and their carers to make connections with voluntary and statutory services to meet individual needs
- Assess individual needs and set realistic goals in collaboration with patients families and carers
- Develop and contribute to a shared care plan to be used within the Multi-Disciplinary Team
- To assist in managing safe and effective discharges, working effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- To carry out Activities of Daily Living and functional assessments and report back to therapists.
- To assist in carrying out home visits and assessments in order to identify equipment needs and barriers to patient discharge.
- To monitor patient progress linking with multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.