Therapy Technical Instructor

Job overview

We are looking for individuals to undertake Therapy Technical Instructor posts within the Medical & Surgical and Network Services Therapy teams.

The posts offer the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital.  The successful applicants will become part of two clinically based teams that make up the Therapies Directorate.  The posts 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.

Main duties of the job

The Medical 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 Network Services post will rotate across the Trauma, Elective, Orthopaedics, Fractured Neck of Femur wards, the Acute Rehabilitation and Trauma Unit, Neurology, Paediatrics and Cardiothoracic wards.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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