Therapy Technical Instructor

Job Overview

Do you have the ability to deliver high quality compassionate care and think you will be the right person to join our team which is already proven to make a difference?

We have a great opportunity that has arisen for a full time Band 3 Therapy Technical instructor to provide Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy interventions to patients within our Home First and Community Therapy Service.

The service brings together an integrated health and social care offer delivered by community-based nursing, therapy and adult social care teams and will allow you to use your therapy skills to:

• Support people to remain in their homes when they are having a health or social care crisis, rather than needing to go into hospital or a care home.
• Help people get home from hospital quickly and provide them with rehabilitation and reablement to help restore their health, wellbeing and independence.
• Deliver high quality core therapy reablement, rehabilitation and recovery to people within their own home.

This post requires a level of personal responsibility and we are looking for someone highly motivated, resilient and proactive with the ability to prioritise and manage their own allocated work, use their initiative and the ability to work on their own and as part of a team. You will demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to adapt to a changing and pressurised environment.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To work with qualified therapists and Band 4 Technical Instructors within your team, to provide a high standard Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy service to all patients including completion of delegated tasks and joint visits.
• To accept patients delegated by therapists and band 4's and carry own patient caseload within agreed guidelines, to manage own caseload to ensure an effective and efficient service is offered.
• To be able identify and implement a range of treatment modalities with appropriate training and supervision, seeking appropriate guidance when needed
• To work unsupervised with patients and to report back to the supervising clinician and / or band 4 any relevant information regarding the patient and their circumstances.
• You will receive regular supervision and take an active role in attending our Technical Instructor in service training programme.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.