Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes weekend working)
- Job ref
- 205-7390028
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Therapy Technical Instructor
Band 4
Job overview
UHNM is currently unable to provide sponsorship this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role however it is important to note that UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa, you must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.
Static Band 4 Acute Trauma Unit (ARTU) :
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Static Band 4 Senior Therapy Technician post within a faced paced team at UHNM. The post will be based within the Acute Trauma Unit based at the Royal Stoke Hospital Major Trauma Centre. The Acute Trauma unit consists of 17 trauma beds – including 4 level 1 beds. The patients on this ward have come via the major trauma pathway from A&E, critical care, neurosurgery and other trauma wards. The patients have multiple injuries including, traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury, rib fractures, orthopaedic limb injuries and may require tracheostomy. Due to the nature of the injuries these patients require a thorough assessment of all systems – MSK, neurological and respiratory.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Multidisciplinary team, to ensure patients receive timely interventions and safe supported discharge from hospital.
Main duties of the job:
The successful applicant will work with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, providing Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy interventions under the direction of a qualified staff.
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To work independently but alongside the qualified team in assessing transfers, functional tasks, managing cognitive patients.
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To be involved in assessing and therapeutic interventions with patients with cognitive difficulties with support from qualified OT when needed
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Be able to escalate issues with patients if not progressing appropriately to qualified therapists as required.
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Will be expected to participate in supervising and mentoring rotational therapy technicians.
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To participate in the training of rotational members of staff as part of the in-service training programme
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Expected to maintain splinting and casting stock
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Expected to manage orthopaedic device stock (ie cricket pad splint)
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English Grade C/4 and above or equivalent or evidence of good literacy
- GCSE Maths Grade C/4 and above or equivalent or evidence of good numeracy
- Meets competency framework for Technical Instructor Band 3 specific to work area
Desirable criteria
- GCSE Science's Grade C/4 and above
- A Level/NVQ Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- High level of background working in Therapies as a Therapies Technical Instructor
- Excellent organisational skills
- Complex discharge planning
Desirable criteria
- Acute hospital experiece
Skills, Ability & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess patients with cognitive difficulties using standardised assessments and pathways
- Ability to assist OTs in the fabrication of splints and casts
- Ability to build up wear time and review fabricated splints and casts with support from OTs
- Assessment of multiple patients to problem solve mobility
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Shirley
- Job title
- Interim Divisional Therapy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 675340
- Additional information
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