Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

Employer Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Tyneside General Hospital Town North Shields Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/12/2025 23:59 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor NHS AfC: Band 3 Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). 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 and, this is…the Northumbria Way What the Northumbria Way means for you: Extensive staff health and well‑being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups A range of flexible working opportunities Generous annual leave and pension scheme Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies) Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare. Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care. We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services. We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid‑19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy. If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news. Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. Job overview An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Occupational Therapy Specialist Services Team for Stroke Services. Excellent communication, assessment, decision making, advocacy and IT skills are desired. There will be an expectation to transport and deliver minor aids / equipment within the community. The post holder will need to be able to meet the transport requirements of the post. The successful candidate will be a vital member of the Occupational Therapy team. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Main duties of the job Assist provision of Occupational Therapy assessment and rehabilitation interventions for inpatient stroke rehabilitation patients under direction from the OT and multidisciplinary team. This includes ward based rehabilitation and supporting discharge home. Support the assessment, ordering delivery and fitting of appropriate equipment as assessed by the therapists. This will include community working to deliver and fit equipment in patient homes. Carry out assessments and other tasks that have either a) been screened by an OT or b) where the work boundaries are clearly defined (excluding complex assessments) with direct and indirect supervision of a registered therapist. This may include screening for cognitive, visual and movement impairments using agreed tools (excluding complex assessments). Provide rehabilitation for personal care tasks, activities of daily living, upper limb rehabilitation, visual rehabilitation and cognitive rehabilitation. This may be completing one‑to‑one therapy or completing group work, following a recommended rehab plan. Undertake appropriate training specific to the client group. Assist qualified staff in administrative tasks including requisitioning resources, managing referrals and maintaining updated resources. Liaise and feedback to other members of the MDT, including high standard of written notes Review and reflect on own practice and performance through regular participation in supervision and appraisal. Working for our organisation 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, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) the post holder will be expected to: Assist with providing a comprehensive occupational therapy service for stroke services, providing rehabilitation and discharge support. Carry out assessments and other tasks that have initially been screened by the therapist. This may include one to one rehabilitation or group work. Carry out appropriate interventions, requesting advice or support as required. Work with multidisciplinary colleagues to maintain effective communication and provide integrated rehabilitation programmes. Perform any other task requested by the therapist appropriate to their remit, role and responsibilities. Undertake appropriate training as indicated by the therapist specific to the client group encountered. Support occupational therapy administration function. Person specification Qualifications Education to GCSE or equivalent NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or the willingness to complete within 12 months of employment or equivalent experience/and or qualifications Experience and knowledge Previous experience of working in an OT setting Experience to undertake noncomplex OT assessments and interventions Other It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role. Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme. We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under‑represented in our workforce as well as other under‑represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2. Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre‑employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance. Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust Certificate of Sponsorship Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay. Employer certification / accreditation badges This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name Clare SchwalbeJob title Clinical Specialist Occupational TherapistEmail address clare.schwalbe@nhct.nhs.ukTelephone number 0191 2934247 Additional information #J-18808-Ljbffr