Senior Therapy Technical Instructor - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Therapy Technical Instructor to join the Medical Therapies Directorate at Royal Stoke University Hospital, working within the Frail Elderly Therapies Team.

This is a permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week.


The successful applicant will be involved in early rehabilitation and discharge planning for the frail elderly population, working with a range of different conditions.

Therefore, the applicant 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.


Therapy Services work within a 7 day shift system therefore the post holder will be required to work weekends and bank holidays as part of their role.


The Therapies Department comprises of two multidisciplinary based teams, the Medical & Surgical Team and the Network Services Team, incorporating both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.

These teams form part of the Trust Medical, Surgical and Network Services Divisions.

Each team is led by a Divisional Therapist, Mrs Noeleen Hellis leads the Network Services Therapy Team, Mrs Jane Teasdale leads the Medical & Surgical Therapy Team & Mrs Clare Johnson for the County Hospital.

Administration, clerical and secretarial support is provided to both sites and teams by an A&C team.

All Staff must be courteous to patients, their carer's, the general public, other staff and contacts external to the Trust at all times.


The specialities within the two teams are as follows:


Medical & Surgical Team:


Network Services Team:

General Surgery

Vascular Surgery

Frail Elderly

Medicine including Emergency portals (Including Outpatients)

Oncology

Renal

Stroke

Critical Care

A&E and Fracture Clinic Outpatients

Burns and Plastic Surgical Outpatients

Elective Orthopaedics In Patients and Outpatients

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Inpatients/Outpatients

Neurology

Neurosurgery

Cardio-thoracic

Paediatric Inpatient & Outpatients

Trauma Inpatients & Outpatients

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.


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

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