Technical Instructor - Vocational | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Retford

The post is situated at Rampton Hospital, part of the Forensic Division within the Trust, one of three High Secure Hospitals in England. We are the only Hospital in the country to provide High Secure care to patients who are women, who are deaf or who have Learning Disabilities, alongside our Mental Health and Personality Disorder treatment pathways.

We are looking to recruit Band 3 Vocational Technical Instructors who will be working predominantly in horticulture, woodcraft, graphic design and print shop in addition to supporting sessions in the Day Unit. The position will be based in one of the four Day Units under management of the Therapies and Education Service. The successful candidate will work closely with ward staff as well as Therapies and Education Service staff to engage patients in meaningful occupation based on assessment compiled by the Occupational Therapist and the identified needs of the individual patient. The Day Unit teams are central to the care, treatment and recovery of our patient groups. These posts play an important part to support clinical staff in providing a program of therapeutic interventions for patients across the service.

The post holder will work with patients who are at risk to themselves and others and require treatment in a high secure setting. The post holder will supervise, instruct and support patients in activities relating to their treatment programmes both within the unit and on the wards and within the workshops listed above.

• Contribute to and assist in the delivery of a needs led recovery programme based on the individual patient’s required needs.
• Contribute to the daily functioning of the designated area of work.
• The successful candidate will be involved in the support and delivery of a range of vocational activities including but not limited to:
• Book binding
• Woodcraft

Be actively involved in the treatment of individual patients. Working with other Technical Instructors and Occupational Therapists and Therapeutic Involvement Workers to ensure full packages of care are delivered. Successfully time manage and prioritise areas of responsibility. Attend relevant service and wider meetings as required and appropriate. Communicate effectively within own service and with other colleagues. Accurately record statistical information. With support, keep accurate, appropriate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with the Forensic Information Governance Group and Trust Policy. Undertake administrative tasks as required by the service and the Directorate. Ensures that resources are available within the service to deliver the planned therapeutic activities. The post holder will be required to undertake other duties or tasks as required as consistent with the job role and grade. This could include supporting ward staff in the day to day running of the ward.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health. We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank. Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network, Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

Please see the attached documents detailing the job description and person specification for this post.

Please note this post does not meet skill level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-vis.