Senior Therapy Technical Instructor

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Therapy Technical Instructor to join the Medical Therapies Directorate at Royal Stoke University Hospital, working within the Frail Elderly Therapies Team. This is a permanent position, working 30 hours per week. The successful applicant will be involved in early rehabilitation and discharge planning for the frail elderly population, working with a range of different conditions. Therefore, the applicant should have an awareness of rehabilitation and discharge planning. Supervision will be provided by the Band 6 / 7 Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist and continuous professional development is supported through appraisal and internal and external training. Therapy Services work within a 7 day shift system therefore the post holder will be required to work weekends and bank holidays as part of their role. Main duties of the job The Therapies Department comprises of two multidisciplinary based teams, the Medical & Surgical Team and the Network Services Team, incorporating both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. These teams form part of the Trust Medical, Surgical and Network Services Divisions. Each team is led by a Divisional Therapist, Mrs Noeleen Hellis leads the Network Services Therapy Team, Mrs Jane Teasdale leads the Medical & Surgical Therapy Team & Mrs Clare Johnson for the County Hospital. Administration, clerical and secretarial support is provided to both sites and teams by an A&C team. All Staff must be courteous to patients, their carer's, the general public, other staff and contacts external to the Trust at all times. The specialities within the two teams are as follows : Medical & Surgical Team : Network Services Team :

• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Frail Elderly
• Medicine including Emergency portals (Including Outpatients)
• Oncology
• Renal
• Stroke
• Critical Care
• A&E and Fracture Clinic Outpatients
• Burns and Plastic Surgical Outpatients
• Elective Orthopaedics In Patients and Outpatients
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology Inpatients / Outpatients
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Cardio-thoracic
• Paediatric Inpatient & Outpatients
• Trauma Inpatients & Outpatients, For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
  
  GCSE English Grade C / 4 and above or equivalent or evidence of good literacy
• GCSE Maths Grade C / 4 and above or equivalent or evidence of good numeracy
• Meets competency framework for Technical Instructor Band 3 specific to work area
Desirable
• GCSE Science's Grade C / 4 and above
• A Level / NVQ Qualification
Experience Essential
• High level of background working in Therapies as a Therapies Technical Instructor
Desirable
• Acute hospital experiece
Skills, Ability & Knowledge Essential
• Ability to support own development
Desirable
• Experience of supervising staff
  
  The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park. Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
  
  Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile can select your preferences upon application