Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Technical Instructor to join the Children's Occupational Therapy Team working with children across Northumberland. The post holder will have the opportunity to experience working with children with developmental co-ordination disorders and physical disabilities. Experience of working in these areas is desirable but not essential. The role will involve working with families, carers, health and social care services, schools and nurseries in a variety of community settings. We cover a wide geographical area, therefore, you will need to meet transport requirements for the post.
Main duties of the job
We can offer you a chance to work in a well-established occupational therapy service sharing knowledge and resources. You will be helping the occupational therapists in the team with their assessments and interventions by working with people and their support networks to achieve individualised goals. We want you to feel able to use your personal communication skills and ideas within our service.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under the direction and supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) the post holder will be expected to:
- Be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy base line assessments and interventions to a delegated caseload of children on a group or individual basis, and in a variety of settings.
- With regular support from supervising therapist plan, implement and modify treatment programmes under defined parameters.
- Co-facilitate training sessions and develop appropriate resources
- Provide appropriate information, support and advice to children and their parents/carers with support, supervision and direction from qualified therapists.
- Carry out general administration tasks both electronically and on paper.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under the direction and supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) the post holder will be expected to:
- Be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy base line assessments and interventions to a delegated caseload of children on a group or individual basis, and in a variety of settings.
- With regular support from supervising therapist plan, implement and modify treatment programmes under defined parameters.
- Co-facilitate training sessions and develop appropriate resources
- Provide appropriate information, support and advice to children and their parents/carers with support, supervision and direction from qualified therapists.
- Carry out general administration tasks both electronically and on paper.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths/English GCSE or equivalent (Sound general education).
Desirable
- NVQ 3 Associate Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths/English GCSE or equivalent (Sound general education).
Desirable
- NVQ 3 Associate Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
