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Physiotherapy Technical Instructor

Band 3

Main area
317 Physiotherapy - Corporate
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: Wednesday-Saturday
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (Wednesday-Saturday)
Job ref
317-2022-42-07-DR-C
Site
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town
317 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary
£21,730 - £23,177 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
14/06/2023

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a world class health care provider, and one of the most successful teaching NHS trusts in the country. A tertiary centre, it offers the second highest number of specialist services than any other group of hospitals in the UK, with more than 1.69 million patient contacts each year, delivering innovative, high quality services locally, regionally and nationally and internationally.  The Trust has been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission for the second time in a row.

  • Interview Date:- 14 June 2023
  • 30 Hours/Week
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Physiotherapy Technical Instructor to join the adult Critical Care Physiotherapy Team at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.  The successful applicant will work alongside a team of Physiotherapists in the team on the wards progressing mobility and promoting exercise.  The post holder will demonstrate an ability to work independently when required and prioritise their own caseload.

The successful applicant will have had relevant experience as a Physiotherapy Assistant or Technical Instructor within an appropriate field and bring skills including, effective team working, highly developed communication, IT and moving and handling skills.  Attributes will include being flexible, honest, reliable and willing to learn. 

 

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Under the supervision of a registered Physiotherapist the Technical Instructor will independently manage a designated caseload of patients, defined as noncomplex, within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the physiotherapist within predetermined guidelines.
  • All patients will have an initial assessment carried out by a state registered physiotherapist.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An appreciation of the principles of physiotherapy practices and procedures
  • An understanding of manual handling principles

SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • Organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Commitment to personal development
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
  • Current driving licence as relevant to role
Desirable criteria
  • IT Skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad range of life experiences
  • Previous experience of working as a therapy assistant
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with individuals with a physical disability e g mobility problems

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent including Maths and English
  • Technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III Diagnostic and Therapeutic Care or equivalent technical/work experience
Desirable criteria
  • Associate Member of Chartered Society Of Physiotherapy

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Age positiveDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldVeteran AwareArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Stonewall Gold 2022

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rob Leatt
Job title
Advanced Physiotherapist
Email address
robert.leatt@nhs.net
Telephone number
01912829184