Technical Instructor - London, United Kingdom - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Westmoreland Street therapy team.

This vacancy is for 15 hours/week for the next year as the current post holder is going on a secondment.

The role is essential in providing rehab to patients who have had Thoracic and Urology surgery and is highly valued by the therapy team.

The post holder will see patients jointly with qualified staff and be responsible for their own caseload with supervision from the qualified staff.

They also provide some non-clinical and administrative support to the team.

This is a friendly and motivated team which would be ideal for someone looking for a new challenge.

The post-holder is responsible for providing both clinical and administrative support to qualified staff in the Westmoreland St therapy team.

The post-holder will be responsible for managing their own delegated caseload. The post-holder works without direct supervision, within the specified clinical area, undertaking tasks delegated by a qualified therapist.

The post holder will provide therapy interventions to patients as delegated to them by a qualified therapist.
The post holder shows initiative, motivation and excellent organisational ability working closely with therapy staff to develop administrative support and systems for the therapy team.
The postholder is flexible in their approach to work and provides cover for other Therapy assistants and instructors across the service in periods of leave or absence.
The postholder will be expected, after appropriate training, to perform manual handling tasks.
They will be required to demonstrate time management & prioritisation skills.
They will be required to work with their team on service development and quality assurance projects.
To participate in 7day services rota where appropriate.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population.

We provide academically-led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.

Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital

Eastman Dental Hospital

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

Patient Care and Clinical Duties

To work without direct supervision, but under the direction of a qualified staff member, in the performance of specific tasks for an individual or group/class as part of the treatment and rehabilitation programme

Duties may include:

Implementation and progression of treatment plans delegated by qualified staff or protocol lead.
To complete graded, indoor/outdoor functional mobility programmes with patients.
Teaching and progressing the use of walking aids.
Providing group/individual sessions as required.
Providing noncomplex interventions for complex patients.
Discharging patients under supervision of qualified staff.
Performing home visits and access visits as requested by qualified staff.
Teaching and progressing the independent use of wheelchairs.
Cleaning of reusable equipment as required per trust policies.
To reinforces the qualified therapist's advice and patient education.
To accurately assess risk when working in unfamiliar surroundings with unpredictable loads e.g. practising transfers with heavily dependent patients.
To carry out assessment and treatments, with moderate to intense physical effort on a daily basis. This will include positioning dependent patients, supporting patients' limbs in asymmetrical postures during exercising and supporting patients in walking and transferring.
To work in an environment where work patterns are often interrupted by demands from patients, carers and other clinical staff, including responding to phone and bleep queries. To be able to carry out concurrent activities and multitasking and work in an unpredictable working pattern.
To comply with the Trust Manual handling Policy and Local Therapeutic Guidelines when moving equipment patients.
To sensitively deal with distressing or emotional circumstances including the care of terminally ill patients.