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.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Therapy Technical Instructor to join the Medical Therapies Directorate at UHNM
This post offers the opportunity to work within the medical and surgical teams providing respiratory, post-surgical, medical, frail and emergency front of house care for patients across the West Midlands. The post will involve working alongside a therapies team but managing an independent caseload providing assessment, delivering rehabilitative care and involvement in early discharge planning and onward referral throughout our patients rehabilitative pathway.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be involved in early rehabilitation and discharge planning within a range of different conditions therefore should have an awareness of rehabilitation and discharge planning.
Supervision will be provided by the Band 6/7 Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist and continuous professional development is supported through appraisal and internal and external training.
The posts are clinical but also have a leadership role to support and develop the Band 3 Therapy Technical Instructors as well as our apprenticeship staff within the therapies department. Training is provided to help support with these developments.
Therapy Services work within a 7 day shift system therefore the post holder will be required to work as part of the weekend, late shift and bank holiday rotas.
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 or for an informal visit, 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 Good communicator in writing
Desirable
Experience of supervising staff Basic counselling skills
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 County Hospital
Weston road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)