ICELs Therapy Technical Instructor
The closing date is 09 November 2025
Job summary
The Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) is looking to recruit an additional Technical Instructor Band 4 to join the active recall team. The key focus of the role will be on the active recall of equipment in the community which is past its original loan date. This work will mean visiting and contacting people by telephone to review the equipment they have on loan and where appropriate to do so, arrange for the equipment to be returned. The work may also involve arranging repairs of equipment that is identified as faulty, arranging outstanding maintenance or referring a person back to the relevant service for a reassessment of their needs.
This post will have a key role in the delivery of the ICEL Service for Leicestershire and Rutland. The ICELS plays a critical role in supporting health and social care services across LLR delivering care and support to the people of LLR including hospital discharge, crisis response to avoid hospital admission, end of life and palliative care, support to keep people independent and remain in their own homes. This is a busy service supporting the wider health and social care economy across LLR. The service deals within excess of 120,000 pieces of equipment to around 20,000 people each year. The delivery of the ICELS is contracted out to an external provider, currently this is Medequip.
Lynn Spencer, ICELS Lead Nurse lynn.spencer2@nhs.net Roger Glithero, ICELS Manager email roger.glithero@leicester.gov.uk
Main duties of the job
- To work with health and social care staff across a range of organisations in LLR
- To carry out reviews of peoples use of equipment consistent with local policy
- To ensure that equipment is still appropriate for use by the person as originally assessed for and to recover equipment that is no longer required
- To make referrals to relevant services where it is identified that a person needs reassessment of their equipment
- To make referrals to the equipment provider where it is identified that equipment is faulty or has not been maintained in line with contractual requirements
- Experience of working in the community and have experience of carrying out assessment and review of equipment
- To work autonomously with their own allocated caseloads for recall
- To work in a range of environments including working from office and home contacting people by telephone, visiting people in their own homes and in care settings
- To work with health and social care staff across a range of organisations in LLR
- To carry out reviews of peoples use of equipment consistent with local policy
- To ensure that equipment is still appropriate for use by the person as originally assessed for and to recover equipment that is no longer required
- To make referrals to relevant services where it is identified that a person needs reassessment of their equipment
- To make referrals to the equipment provider where it is identified that equipment is faulty or has not been maintained in line with contractual requirements
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
21 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
004968
Job locations
The Warrens
25 Warren Park Way
Enderby
Leicestershire
LE19 4SA
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
The Warrens
25 Warren Park Way
Enderby
Leicestershire
LE19 4SA
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