Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to work within the Specialised Services Therapy team. This is a zero hour contract on the Bank as a Therapy Technical Instructor. The post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital. The successful applicant will become part of two clinically based teams that make up the Therapies Directorate. The post will work within acute wards across UHNM sites.



The successful candidate should have experience of working within a healthcare environment and an understanding of Therapy interventions. The post holder will also be expected to complete competencies in both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.



Supervision will be provided by the Band 5/6/7 Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist and personal development is supported through appraisal and internal and external training.



The successful candidate will be supported by our excellent Senior and Advanced Therapists helping to rehabilitate patients predominantly on the Trauma, Elective Orthopaedics, Fractured Neck of Femur wards and also the Acute Rehabilitation and Trauma Unit, Neurology and Cardiothoracic wards.



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.

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



University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.



All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.



UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.



At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.



For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.