Job Description

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.



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.



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.



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