Band 4 Technical Instructor

This post will require the post holder to deliver high quality exercise and education physiotherapy interventions for patients living with chronic lung disease.
You will be expected to:
+ work independently within the pulmonary rehabilitation team
+ Complete assessments for pulmonary rehabilitation with support
+ prescribe, progress and develop exercise programmes for patients
+ Support co-ordination of the running of the class and administrative processes associated with the programme.
+ Assist and support team members, + To run exercise and education sessions for patients participating in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes across South East London supported by a physiotherapist
+ To be highly skilled and technically specialised within specific clinical area
+ To provide treatment to patients within set clinical protocols
+ To carry out assessment of patients with support, and to use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to formulate appropriate care plan utilising a range of treatment skills and options
+ To continually reassess patients in order to progress treatments and management effectively in order to meet patient goals
+ To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or modifying treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters.
+ To work unsupervised as a technical instructor for majority of the time
+ To participate in a five-day service rota
+ To evaluate patient responses and treatment outcomes to the team, monitoring and recording patient's progress
+ To complete onward referrals to other appropriate services including exercise on referral scheme, talking therapies other physiotherapy centres including but not limited to outpatients and community physiotherapists.
+ To demonstrate an awareness of clinical risk and ability to manage clinical risk within a remote working setting, including observing patients in all situations applicable to physiotherapy, ensuring safety and security at all times
+ To comply, at all times, with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations and to take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of others in the working environment
+ To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy interventions including leading exercise classes
+ To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner
+ To attend mandatory annual training (e.g. Fire, Manual Handling and Adult Basic Life Support
Communication
+ To be able to motivate and encourage patients through effective communication skills, utilising key verbal and non-verbal skills
+ Ability to communicate information where there may be barriers to communication and or understanding i.e. patients with cognitive impairment, non-English speaking patients; use of interpreters; excess noise or lack of privacy
+ To liaise with the multidisciplinary team as appropriate
+ To be responsible to and report regularly to the physiotherapists
+ To liaise with other physiotherapists or health professionals as necessary with regard to patient care
+ To liaise with managers, other administrative and support staff as necessary to ensure the smooth running of the service
+ To attend any meetings and seminars/case conferences as deemed appropriate by physiotherapy staff, including staff meetings and assistant meetings
Management and Leadership
Physical Resources
+ To be responsible for competent use and maintenance of all equipment used, to report defects in equipment in a timely manner
+ To undertake routine and general light cleaning/tidying tasks within departmental clinical areas
+ To undertake some administrative tasks particularly related to record keeping and data inputting
+ To prepare and clean equipment used in treatment
+ To report all complaints and accidents immediately to a member of physiotherapy staff
Human Resources:
+ To be responsible for non-clinical induction of assistants and students as required

Planning and Organisation:
+ To flexibly plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings and training and to adjust plans as required according to exercise classes, staffing levels and to meet deadlines
+ To assist the physiotherapist in the development of the programme
+ To ensure smooth organisation of patient individual and group work
+ To liaise with and provide cover for other Technical Instructors in the physiotherapy service during annual, sick and study leave

Service Development:
+ To follow physiotherapy department and Trust policies
+ To comment on changes to departmental policies and procedures as required
+ To support and participate in the in-service teaching programme
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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The post holder will have excellent communication skills and will gain experience supervising specialist exercise for patients., You will have completed NVQ Level 4 or have significant experience of working with patients or clients within a health and exercise setting. You will have excellent communication, and team working skills. This post would suit an applicant who is able to manage their own time effectively and be confident to work unsupervised for part of the day.

NHS AfC: Band 4
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., The funding for this post has been obtained from NHS England for the expansion of pulmonary rehabilitation. The funding is for 12 months and we would welcome secondments to the post from members of staff wishing to gain experience in the pulmonary rehabilitation setting as well as external candidates., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.