About this role
Job summary
At present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations.
Are you looking for a new challenge and looking to specialise in the busy clinical area of surgery? This could be the opportunity could be for you!
The surgical therapies team works across a wide range of specialities surgeries including upper and lower gastrointestinal, vascular (including amputations), ENT, oral maxillofacial, plastics, urology, gynaecology and specialised breast care. We cover 11 wards including a 14-bedded Surgical Special Care Unit providing both respiratory and rehabilitative post-operative care. The successful applicant will be static to the area and will be able to develop specialised knowledge and skills in specific surgical areas as stated above.
Therapy Services work within a 7 day shift system therefore the post holder will be required to work as part of the weekend and bank holiday rotas.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Therapy Technical Instructor to join the Therapies team at the University Hospital of North Midlands. As a static senior therapy technician, the successful candidate will be expected to support band 3 therapy technicians as well as students and apprenticeship staff. Support and training for this role will be provided by the Advanced and Senior Therapists within the surgical team.
The post will involve working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and other technicians within a dynamic team. It will be expected that the successful candidate can manage a caseload with the support of their team, to provide assessments, deliver rehabilitative care, and support and manage discharge planning. You will also be responsible for identifying and completing onward referrals throughout our patient's rehabilitative pathway.
There are new and exciting areas of development within the surgical team for successful applicants to further their skills and knowledge, including within head and neck surgery, cognitive and functional assessments.
As a static member of the team there will be opportunities for professional and personal progression to develop clinical, educational, and leadership skills, as well as having opportunities to support qualified staff with service development and audits to better our patients' experience and rehabilitation through therapy input.
About us
The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park. Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us.We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.You can select your preferences upon application
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the hiring manager
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
GCSE English Grade C/4 and above or equivalent or evidence of good literacy GCSE Maths Grade C/4 and above or equivalent or evidence of good numeracy Meets competency framework for Technical Instructor Band 3 specific to work area
Desirable
GCSE Science's Grade C/4 and above A Level/NVQ Qualification
Experience Essential
High level of background working in Therapies as a Therapies Technical Instructor
Desirable
Acute hospital experiece
Skills, Ability & Knowledge Essential
Ability to support own development
Desirable
Experience of supervising staff
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)