Technical Instructor | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 27 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | increment dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | Royton, Oldham, OL2 6QX |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7199341/311-O662-25 |
Summary
Why Join Us?
• Be part of a growing and supportive team dedicated to making a positive difference to the mental health of children and young people.
• Access to regular supervision, professional development, and training opportunities.
• A competitive salary, pension scheme, and generous annual leave.
• Opportunities for career progression.
Technical Instructor Post at Orchard House Day Hospital in Oldham
As a Technical Instructor you will be working alongside Occupational Therapists in a multi-disciplinary team working with Older people with mental health problems which are seriously impacting on the quality of their lives. You will be supporting patients throughout the day both in group settings and individually, both practically and emotionally.
You will be working with the team to promote good mental health in a range of group activities with patients who have functional mental health problems such as Psychosis, Bi -polar, Depression and Anxiety but not people with dementia
Our team comprises of OT's, Nurses, Technical Instructors, Nursing Assistant, Support Worker and Admin Support.
This is a part time post - 22.5 hours - worked over Three full days. 08.15 am until 16.15
The service works Monday to Friday and does not cover weekends or Bank Holidays.
Under the direction of a registered Occupational Therapist the post holder will be expected to:
• Deliver and implement planned and prescribed OT assessment, interventions, treatment programmes, group activities and care packages, within a structured OT model, under the direction of a registered Occupational Therapist, but without direct supervision.
• Work as an integrated member of the MDT.
• Follow the OT Process of Assessment/Planning/Intervention/Evaluation within the
OT framework and the Model of Human Occupation, (MOHO), with regular senior OT supervision.
• Contribute to MDT assessments and OT assessments that measure clinical outcomes
Work within Mental Health Service for Older People, to support OT interventions for service users who have complex and challenging needs.
• Receive clinical and professional supervision from Registered OT
• To be involved in a rota to serve lunches and drinks to patients as part of their therapeutic day
• To carry out administrative duties as required.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Clinical Duties and Care
• To implement care packages, care programmes and treatment plans within an
occupational therapy framework (MOHO/Social Inclusion Model) that are
supervised and established by a qualified OT
• To contribute to team evaluation of interventions.
• To contribute to the evaluation of OT outcomes of OT care packages, using OT
assessments available within the model.
• Use activity to motivate and engage service users therapeutically.
• To adapt and influence the therapeutic environment according to the service
users’ needs, in order to bring about conditions for change, engagement,
participation and inclusion, in accordance with assessed medical and mental
health needs.
• Jointly develop and independently deliver group and individual therapies and
occupational activity, within a treatment context.
• Deliver group programmes that address service users’ needs within the following
domains: social, educational, leisure, physical health and well-being, creative,
cognitive and social inclusion.
• In regular supervision sessions, evaluate outcomes of therapeutic interventions,
and treatment activities.
• To assist the OT, promote independence and enablement within individually
designed daily living and daily occupation programmes.
• To participate in handovers, staff meetings, client reviews, ward rounds and case
conferences.
• Participate in the Care Programme Approach and clustering.
• Focus on key areas of occupational engagement functioning and work to improve
motivation for occupation, pattern of occupation, communication, environment,
motor skills and process skills, and contribute to the clinical development of
treatment accordingly.
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Jun 2025
• Be part of a growing and supportive team dedicated to making a positive difference to the mental health of children and young people.
• Access to regular supervision, professional development, and training opportunities.
• A competitive salary, pension scheme, and generous annual leave.
• Opportunities for career progression.
Technical Instructor Post at Orchard House Day Hospital in Oldham
As a Technical Instructor you will be working alongside Occupational Therapists in a multi-disciplinary team working with Older people with mental health problems which are seriously impacting on the quality of their lives. You will be supporting patients throughout the day both in group settings and individually, both practically and emotionally.
You will be working with the team to promote good mental health in a range of group activities with patients who have functional mental health problems such as Psychosis, Bi -polar, Depression and Anxiety but not people with dementia
Our team comprises of OT's, Nurses, Technical Instructors, Nursing Assistant, Support Worker and Admin Support.
This is a part time post - 22.5 hours - worked over Three full days. 08.15 am until 16.15
The service works Monday to Friday and does not cover weekends or Bank Holidays.
Under the direction of a registered Occupational Therapist the post holder will be expected to:
• Deliver and implement planned and prescribed OT assessment, interventions, treatment programmes, group activities and care packages, within a structured OT model, under the direction of a registered Occupational Therapist, but without direct supervision.
• Work as an integrated member of the MDT.
• Follow the OT Process of Assessment/Planning/Intervention/Evaluation within the
OT framework and the Model of Human Occupation, (MOHO), with regular senior OT supervision.
• Contribute to MDT assessments and OT assessments that measure clinical outcomes
Work within Mental Health Service for Older People, to support OT interventions for service users who have complex and challenging needs.
• Receive clinical and professional supervision from Registered OT
• To be involved in a rota to serve lunches and drinks to patients as part of their therapeutic day
• To carry out administrative duties as required.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Clinical Duties and Care
• To implement care packages, care programmes and treatment plans within an
occupational therapy framework (MOHO/Social Inclusion Model) that are
supervised and established by a qualified OT
• To contribute to team evaluation of interventions.
• To contribute to the evaluation of OT outcomes of OT care packages, using OT
assessments available within the model.
• Use activity to motivate and engage service users therapeutically.
• To adapt and influence the therapeutic environment according to the service
users’ needs, in order to bring about conditions for change, engagement,
participation and inclusion, in accordance with assessed medical and mental
health needs.
• Jointly develop and independently deliver group and individual therapies and
occupational activity, within a treatment context.
• Deliver group programmes that address service users’ needs within the following
domains: social, educational, leisure, physical health and well-being, creative,
cognitive and social inclusion.
• In regular supervision sessions, evaluate outcomes of therapeutic interventions,
and treatment activities.
• To assist the OT, promote independence and enablement within individually
designed daily living and daily occupation programmes.
• To participate in handovers, staff meetings, client reviews, ward rounds and case
conferences.
• Participate in the Care Programme Approach and clustering.
• Focus on key areas of occupational engagement functioning and work to improve
motivation for occupation, pattern of occupation, communication, environment,
motor skills and process skills, and contribute to the clinical development of
treatment accordingly.
This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Jun 2025