Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to work within the Medical & Surgical Therapy team.  This is a zero hour contract on the Bank as a Therapy Technical Instructor.  The post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital.  The successful applicant will become part of two clinically based teams that make up the Therapies Directorate.  The post will work within acute wards across UHNM sites.

The successful candidate should have experience of working within a healthcare environment and an understanding of Therapy interventions.  The post holder will also be expected to complete competencies in both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. 

Supervision will be provided by the Band 5/6/7 Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist and personal development is supported through appraisal and internal and external training.

Main duties of the job

The post rotates across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas which include:  Surgery, Palliative Care , Frail Elderly,  Emergency Portals and Medicine (General and Respiratory including Non-Invasive Ventilation Unit and Cardiology).  You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing early rehabilitation and complex discharge planning for a range of different conditions and injuries that are treated within a Major Trauma Centre.

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.

The specialities within the two teams are as follows:

Working for our organisation

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.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application