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Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor
The closing date is 16 December 2025
An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Occupational Therapy Specialist Services Team for Stroke Services.
Excellent communication, assessment, decision making, advocacy and IT skills are desired. There will be an expectation to transport and deliver minor aids / equipment within the community. The post holder will need to be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.
The successful candidate will be a vital member of the Occupational Therapy team.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
* Assist provision of Occupational Therapy assessment and rehabilitation interventions for inpatient stroke rehabilitation patients under direction from the OT and multidisciplinary team. This includes ward based rehabilitation and supporting discharge home.
* Support the assessment, ordering delivery and fitting of appropriate equipment as assessed by the therapists. This will include community working to deliver and fit equipment in patient homes.
* Carry out assessments and other tasks that have either a) been screened by an OT or b) where the work boundaries are clearly defined (excluding complex assessments) with direct and indirect supervision of a registered therapist. This may include screening for cognitive, visual and movement impairments using agreed tools (excluding complex assessments).
* Provide rehabilitation for personal care tasks, activities of daily living, upper limb rehabilitation, visual rehabilitation and cognitive rehabilitation. This may be completing one-to-one therapy or completing group work, following a recommended rehab plan.
* Undertake appropriate training specific to the client group.
* Assist qualified staff in administrative tasks including requisitioning resources, managing referrals and maintaining updated resources.
* Liaise and feedback to other members of the MDT, including high standard of written notes.
* Review and reflect on own practice and performance through regular participation in supervision and appraisal.
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 responsibilities
Under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) the post holder will be expected to:
* Assist with providing a comprehensive occupational therapy service for stroke services, providing rehabilitation and discharge support.
* Carry out assessments and other tasks that have initially been screened by the therapist. This may include one to one rehabilitation or group work.
* To carry out appropriate interventions, requesting advice or support as required.
* To work with multidisciplinary colleagues to maintain effective communication and provide integrated rehabilitation programmes.
* To perform any other task requested by the therapist appropriate to their remit, role and responsibilities.
* Undertake appropriate training as indicated by the therapist specific to the client group encountered.
* To support occupational therapy administration function.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Education to GCSE or equivalent.
* NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or above/equivalent or the willingness to complete within 12 months of employment or equivalent experience/and or qualifications.
Experience and knowledge
* Previous experience of working in an OT setting.
* Experience to undertake noncomplex OT assessments and interventions.
Other
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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.
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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