An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Instructor (TI) to join the Short-Term Support Service based in Blyth on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic person to join a busy and dynamic community team, working to deliver rehabilitation programs to clients in their own homes.
The Short-Term Support Service comprises of therapists and care staff who offer assessment, rehabilitation, and re-enablement to support clients who may have experienced a short-term illness or a temporary deterioration in an existing condition. The successful candidate would work alongside qualified physiotherapists and occupational therapists, who would devise rehabilitation programs to be delivered by the Technical Instructors. They would also carry a non-complex caseload of their own, which may include equipment provision to aid client independence.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Carry out delegated duties, contributing to the planning, maintenance, and development of the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Service.
2. Act as a valuable resource to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
3. Complete new assessments for clients requesting reviews of walking aids, bathing needs, and provision equipment to promote independence within the home.
4. Support therapists with rehabilitation programmes for clients at home.
5. Communicate information and advice to service users, carers, families, agencies, and professional colleagues verbally and in written form, using information technology appropriately.
6. Provide written and electronic reports, detailing assessments and recommendations.
7. Make recommendations and facilitate the implementation and provision of assistive equipment and minor adaptations.
8. Fit assistive devices and equipment within competency banding with accuracy and expertise, even in restrictive conditions such as clients' home environments.
9. Support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists with moving and handling duties.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality, we have opened a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients. You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost-effective living, great nightlife, and some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. This is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare – this is the Northumbria Way!
Please read ‘Guidance for Applicants’ before submitting your application.
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