Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,081 - £33,665 pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 7AF |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7331054/277-7331054-FOR |
Summary
We are seeking a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor. The post holder will be a member of the wider Occupational Therapy (OT) team and will contribute to the provision of occupational therapy services. You will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to enable service users to reach their recovery potential and develop the skills necessary to manage their occupational needs. You will motivate service users and encourage community re-integration by liaising with suitable local resources to promote social inclusion.
OT Technical Instructors work with both individuals and groups and contribute directly to the Seven Day Therapies Programme including evenings and weekends, including a Saturday and a Sunday on a monthly rota.
This is a six months fixed term / secondment role 6 months maternity cover.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Key Task and Responsibilities
• To manage your ownworkload
• To work independently under the supervision of a registered OT as a member of the MDT
• Use technical, creative andpsychosocial skills to assist in providing therapeutic activities for individuals/groups of serviceusers
• To take responsibility for leading on the development of service userprojects
• Communicate with serviceusers/carers
• Provide feedback on therapeutic activities to supervisor, OT colleagues andMDT
• Have an awareness of social inclusion and skills development and ensure activitiesused focus on theseobjectives
• To undertake additional delegated responsibilities as directed by OTsupervisor
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
• To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance
• To support service users within The Bracton Centre, offering a range of therapeutic activities as well as encourage access to community activities to promote social inclusion
• To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust
• To contribute to CPD through participation in training and development opportunities
• To attend the Trust wide OT Support Worker’s Development group
• To participate in and contribute to the development of the service locally
• To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented
• To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF.
· Toworkeffectively as a memberof ateam by providing a programmeofward,department or communitybasedtherapeuticactivities.
· Tousetechnical, creative, psychosocial and daily living skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence, wellbeing and social inclusion
· Under supervisionofa registered OT, facilitate/co-facilitate planned groupworkand individualactivities
· Contribute to formal OT assessmentsofservice users under the guidanceofa registered OT and provide feedback on service users occupationalfunctioning
· Under supervisionassistand support service users to achieve theirgoals
· To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatmentofservice users and adjustownclinical interventionsbasedon the fluctuating needs of the serviceusers.
· Toassistin the implementation, evaluation, and modificationofOTinterventions
· Under the supervisionofa registered OT, develop and implement specific socially inclusive projects to meet the needs of serviceusers.
· To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service
• To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply them to practice
• To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects
· To communicate appropriately with service users and carers, team members andOT colleagues
· To communicate appropriately with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason.
· To communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methodsof communication.
· To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards
· To report effectively to the MDT on service users’ progress/performance in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, and leisure
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Jul 2025
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