Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
Working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based healthcare services throughout Cheshire and Merseyside.
Our services support people of all ages, from birth through to end of life – providing care in the community to help prevent ill health and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.
We have a wide range of roles in our organisation including Nurses, GPs, Allied Health Professionals, Dental, Management, Health Informatics as well as the wider healthcare team supporting effective delivery of patient facing services.
Whatever your role, you will play a valuable part in our services.
In addition to being an exceptionally rewarding environment to work in, there are a number of other benefits, including:
1. Flexible working options
2. At least 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (based on the standard working week 37.5 hours)
3. Staff benefits including NHS Pension, childcare vouchers, a salary sacrifice car scheme, additional annual leave purchase scheme, trade union membership and a range of ambassadorial engagement roles
4. Annual appraisals, personal development plans and a wide range of supported apprenticeships to support career aspirations
5. Strongly developed Wellbeing support, including access to a confidential support service 24/7 for personal advice
Key details
Location
Site: Victoria Health Centre
Address: Mill Lane, Wallasey, CH44 5UF
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week Monday - Friday 08:30-16:30)
Salary
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 3)
Specialty
Main area: Rehabilitation at Home
Job overview
The Rehabilitation at Home Service has a vacancy for a full time Band 3 Community Technical Instructor.
The successful candidate will have a wide knowledge base and experience, be enthusiastic, hardworking and possess exceptional communication skills. You will be well supported by senior therapists, a range of colleagues and via our robust clinical supervision, training and appraisal structure. You will be part of a rehabilitation service completing assessments of need, supporting patients to regain function and maintain independence, providing rehabilitative techniques, exercises and use of adaptive equipment to ensure safety, function and ADL can be maintained in the home.
If working in community excites you, and you are thinking about a new role or place to work, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
Wirral Health and Social Care Community Trust is a forward thinking, developing but established Trust, committed to delivering high standards of care to all patients, and committed to support improvement in services. It supports its staff to develop their skills and knowledge, providing internal training and opportunities for external training to achieve personal development and support career development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working with patients and carers, completing assessments of need, supporting patients to regain function and maintain independence, providing rehabilitative techniques, exercises and use of adaptive equipment to ensure safety, function and ADL can be maintained in the home.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications and professional training
Essential criteria
* GCSEs @ C or above in Maths, English
* NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care or equivalent
* Good rounded general education
* Competent Computer Skills: Microsoft Office/Word and Outlook
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
* Previous Healthcare Experience, working with patients/customers
* Understanding of Patient Care Activities
* Experience/awareness of exercise
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
* Excellent Communication Skills adapting easily to patients and therapists
* Ability to be appropriately sensitive to patient’s needs
* Ability to plan and organise own work
* Confident managing patient data and information
* Ability to assume responsibility for designated areas of work
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
* Ability to work under pressure
* Confidentiality
* Willingness to contribute to own Continuing Professional development
* Flexible and adaptable
* Car driver and access to car for work purposes
* Ability to work as part of a team
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Carla Link
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0151 514 2444
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