Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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.
Main duties of the job
Our team of Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Technical instructors see people across the Wirral who are best treated in their own homes. The work is varied and interesting, and no two days are ever the same. You will provide basic assessments, carry out follow-up visits, demonstrate and fit equipment ensuring it is fit for purpose and meets needs, and support the Occupational therapists and Physiotherapist to deliver treatment plans to patients to enable them to reach their rehabilitation potential. Monitoring functional abilities at each visit and reporting back to therapists any changes such as improvements or decline, concerns or new needs to enable further therapy interventions as required.
About us
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 supporting 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.
Job 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and professional training
* 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
* Previous Healthcare Experience, working with patients/customers
* Understanding of Patient Care Activities
* Experience/awareness of exercise
* Experience working as a therapy assistant supporting OTs and Physios
Skills and Attributes
* 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
* 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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