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Band 4 Technical Instructor
| Posting date: | 27 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | £30,279.00 to £33,116.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £30279.00 - £33116.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 December 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9196-24-3074 |
Summary
Professional / Clinical responsibilities: To run exercise and education sessions for patients participating in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes across South East London supported by a physiotherapist To be highly skilled and technically specialised within specific clinical area To provide treatment to patients within set clinical protocols To carry out assessment of patients with support, and to use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to formulate appropriate care plan utilising a range of treatment skills and options To continually reassess patients in order to progress treatments and management effectively in order to meet patient goals To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or modifying treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters. To work unsupervised as a technical instructor for majority of the time To participate in a five-day service rota To evaluate patient responses and treatment outcomes to the team, monitoring and recording patients progress To complete onward referrals to other appropriate services including exercise on referral scheme, talking therapies other physiotherapy centres including but not limited to outpatients and community physiotherapists. To demonstrate an awareness of clinical risk and ability to manage clinical risk within a remote working setting, including observing patients in all situations applicable to physiotherapy, ensuring safety and security at all times To comply, at all times, with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations and to take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of others in the working environment To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy interventions including leading exercise classes To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner To attend mandatory annual training (e.g. Fire, Manual Handling and Adult Basic Life Support Communication To be able to motivate and encourage patients through effective communication skills, utilising key verbal and non-verbal skills Ability to communicate information where there may be barriers to communication and or understanding i.e. patients with cognitive impairment, non-English speaking patients; use of interpreters; excess noise or lack of privacy To liaise with the multidisciplinary team as appropriate To be responsible to and report regularly to the physiotherapists To liaise with other physiotherapists or health professionals as necessary with regard to patient care To liaise with managers, other administrative and support staff as necessary to ensure the smooth running of the service To attend any meetings and seminars/case conferences as deemed appropriate by physiotherapy staff, including staff meetings and assistant meetings Management and Leadership Physical Resources To be responsible for competent use and maintenance of all equipment used, to report defects in equipment in a timely manner To undertake routine and general light cleaning/tidying tasks within departmental clinical areas To undertake some administrative tasks particularly related to record keeping and data inputting To prepare and clean equipment used in treatment To report all complaints and accidents immediately to a member of physiotherapy staff Human Resources: To be responsible for non-clinical induction of assistants and students as required Planning and Organisation: To flexibly plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings and training and to adjust plans as required according to exercise classes, staffing levels and to meet deadlines To assist the physiotherapist in the development of the programme To ensure smooth organisation of patient individual and group work To liaise with and provide cover for other Technical Instructors in the physiotherapy service during annual, sick and study leave Service Development: To follow physiotherapy department and Trust policies To comment on changes to departmental policies and procedures as required To support and participate in the in-service teaching programme