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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

The closing date is 30 October 2025

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Technical Instructor to join the Paediatric Occupational Therapy team working with children, young people and adults experiencing sensory processing difficulties. The post holder will have the opportunity to be involved in the development of a new service within the Paediatric OT team in North Tyneside.

Experience of working in community settings is desirable but not essential.

The successful candidate will work with families, carers, health and social care services, schools and nurseries in a variety of community settings carrying out OT interventions as directed by an OT. School and home based assessments will include environmental assessment for equipment and minor adaptations; consequently the postholder will need to meet transport requirements of 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 supporting 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. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team during development and implementation of this new 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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

17 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7526961IO

Job locations

Riverside Family Hub

Minton Lane

North Shields

NE29 6DQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate good communication and problem solving skills and enjoy working both independently and as part of a team. Time is prioritised in our service for formal supervision and daily support and advice.

We can offer you a highly rewarding post which includes:

  • clinical supervision and regular team meetings
  • annual appraisal
  • In-service training
  • Opportunities to contribute to Trust and Local Authority quality improvement work and innovations
  • Opportunity to be actively involved in the design and implementation of the team annual planning
  • Opportunity to work in partnership with other health and local authority colleagues to ensure the highest quality of care

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate good communication and problem solving skills and enjoy working both independently and as part of a team. Time is prioritised in our service for formal supervision and daily support and advice.

We can offer you a highly rewarding post which includes:

  • clinical supervision and regular team meetings
  • annual appraisal
  • In-service training
  • Opportunities to contribute to Trust and Local Authority quality improvement work and innovations
  • Opportunity to be actively involved in the design and implementation of the team annual planning
  • Opportunity to work in partnership with other health and local authority colleagues to ensure the highest quality of care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or demonstrable experience within health, social care and education settings
  • IT skills required for role e.g basic use of MS packages and data base management

Desirable

  • Group Skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or demonstrable experience within health, social care and education settings
  • IT skills required for role e.g basic use of MS packages and data base management

Desirable

  • Group Skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Riverside Family Hub

Minton Lane

North Shields

NE29 6DQ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Riverside Family Hub

Minton Lane

North Shields

NE29 6DQ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Advanced Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Sandra Willis

Sandra.Willis@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

17 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7526961IO

Job locations

Riverside Family Hub

Minton Lane

North Shields

NE29 6DQ


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