Job Description
Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor Band 4
Full Time -37.5 Hours.
Part time hours up to 37.5 hours can also be considered.
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic person looking for a new experience or the next step? We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor to join our established team of therapists at Glenfield Hospital.
This position will be based primarily within the Vascular Surgery Therapy Team, working alongside an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Physiotherapy Technical Instructor.
You will manage a caseload of patients alongside the Occupational Therapist, with a variety of vascular conditions or procedures. You will becompleting timely assessments of patients referred to the service and develop individualised treatment plans. You will develop and maintain a high level of knowledge of community services with the aim to facilitate discharge from the acute setting as efficiently and effectively as possible.
This role will involve working with those who may have experienced major limb amputation, and as such may involve elements of community working to support their transition to returning home. It is therefore essential that the post holder is a car driver and has a car with business insurance for work usage.
Development of skills and knowledge within this post will be of a high priority. The successful candidate would be expected to undertake training and working with specialist staff to make maximum use of the opportunities on offer.
There will also be opportunity to work within other specialist areas at Glenfield Hospital, including cardiology, respiratory and many more. The successful candidate will join the Occupational Therapy weekend working rota.
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 14,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:
- We focus on what matters most
- We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
- Occupational Therapy provides key therapeutic assessments and interventions to patients in order to promote independence and facilitate optimum function for individuals working with patients, families and carers and the multi-disciplinary team to achieve agreed outcomes for patients.
- The Technical Instructor will contribute to the provision of Occupational Therapy within a specified clinical area. This includes identified clinical, administrative and educational roles.
- To carry a clinical caseload, the majority of which is non-routine, which has been delegated to them by the relevant team member who has delegation responsibilities for this task or a predetermined caseload within their scope of practice.
- To work to Therapy and UHL Service priorities.
- To work with patients, carers and their families in a sensitive and professional manner
- To liaise with other professionals for the benefit of the patient.
- To work with and support those who have complex needs including physical, psychological and communication difficulties.