Community Technical Instructor
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a technical instructor (TI) to join the Community Response Service based in Alnwick on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic person to join a busy and dynamic community team, working to deliver rehabilitation programs to clients in their own homes.
The Community Response Service Therapy Northumberland Alnwick team comprises of therapists and support workers who offer assessment, rehabilitation and re-enablement to support clients who may have experienced a short-term illness or a temporary deterioration in an existing condition.
The successful candidates would work alongside qualified physiotherapists and occupational therapists, who would devise rehabilitation programs to be delivered by the Technical Instructors. They would also carry a non-complex caseload of their own which may include equipment provision to aid client independence.
Main duties of the job
To carry out delegated duties, contributing to the planning / maintenance and development of the Physiotherapy Service and acting as a valuable resource to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Technical Instructor role is to complete new assessments for clients requesting review of walking aids and provision of equipment to promote independence within the home, they also support our therapists with rehabilitation programmes for clients at home.
To communicate information and advice to service users, carers, families, agencies and providers and professional colleagues verbally and in written form, using information technology appropriately.
To provide written and electronic reports, providing details of assessments and recommendations.
To make recommendations and facilitate the implementation and provision of assistive equipment and minor adaptations.
Fit assistive devices, equipment within competency banding with a degree of accuracy and expertise using hand-eye co-ordination. This may be undertaken in restrictive conditions i.e. clients home environment.
Ability to support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists with moving and handling duties.