Job summary
Please note this vacancy is for 30 hours per week.
North East Drive Mobility (NEDM) is a growing service and we are excited to invite applications from qualified, HCPC registered, healthcare professionals who are interested in the challenge of a role in a specialist clinical service.
Assessment of medical fitness to drive and passenger assessment are dynamic and evolving fields which require a commitment to professional excellence, a proven record of continued professional development, as well as an ambition to develop your career within a specialist rehabilitative service.
Part of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust, NEDM is jointly funded by the Integrated Care Board and the Department for Transport. NEDM is part of the national coverage of Mobility Centres accredited by Driving Mobility*. Our main centre is based at Walkergate Park Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, with outreach services located in Cumbria and Teesside.
*Driving Mobility is the UK wide network of Mobility Centres providing assessment, advice and information on all aspects of personal mobility. Driving Mobility is the umbrella organisation for all Accredited Mobility Centres. It ensures that there are common standards, promotes good practice, offers training and education, and works closely with organisations such as the Department for Transport, the DVLA, Motability, police and varied healthcare professionals.
Main duties of the job
You will have an ability to communicate effectively with service users, health professionals and major stakeholders including DVLA, Motability and the police, as well as having a passion for developing services in line with service user and stakeholder needs.
You will be able to apply your clinical expertise to assess practical function during on-road assessment whilst accompanied by an Approved Driving Instructor, and ideally will have experience of working with a range of neurological and musculoskeletal conditions and will be able to deliver critical recommendations to service users related to their driving ability
Based at Walkergate Park Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and working flexibly between our outreach bases in Carlisle and Teesside once per week, this is an opportunity to become part of a busy, specialist clinical assessment team. You will also have the opportunity to train in powered wheelchair/mobility scooter and specialist child car seat assessments as part of your development.
An induction period is provided with ongoing workplace training to support your professional development in this specialist role. You will also be required to complete a mandatory Driving Mobility education pathway programme, which will be fully funded as part of your role.
Car driver (full licence holder) is essential to the role.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 29th April 2025
Closing date : 13th May 2025
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 29th April 2025
Closing date : 13th May 2025
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in either Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- Relevant health care professional council registration
- Academic ability to study towards Masters level
- Audit experience with an ability take a lead role
- Evidence of continuing professional development/post registration education and training
Desirable
- Experience of supervision and supporting the professional development of staff
- Working knowledge of research process
- Knowledge of services offered by external agencies relating to the speciality, eg DVLA, Motability and voluntary agencies such as AgeUK
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- A broad knowledge of disability, health conditions and impairments affecting physical, sensory, cognitive and emotional functioning.
- Working knowledge and application of IT skills in the areas of report writing, e-mail, data recording, internet research
Desirable
- Knowledge of adaptations and technology to assist passengers with disabilities
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal, including the ability to deliver unwelcome news.
- Advanced knowledge, application and analysis of models of practice, assessment and treatment techniques and outcome measurers.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills and critical reflection.
- Highly developed personal, organisational and planning skills
- Ability to make decisions and set priorities.
- Ability to undertake complex risk assessments
- Ability to deliver unwelcome news.
- Ability to act autonomously and flexibly within the role.
Role/Team Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
- Enthusiastic and motivated to develop within the speciality
Personal Characteristics/Additional Requirements
Essential
- Empathetic, reliable, self aware, approachable, confident and mature attitude
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
- Car driver with current driving license
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in either Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- Relevant health care professional council registration
- Academic ability to study towards Masters level
- Audit experience with an ability take a lead role
- Evidence of continuing professional development/post registration education and training
Desirable
- Experience of supervision and supporting the professional development of staff
- Working knowledge of research process
- Knowledge of services offered by external agencies relating to the speciality, eg DVLA, Motability and voluntary agencies such as AgeUK
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- A broad knowledge of disability, health conditions and impairments affecting physical, sensory, cognitive and emotional functioning.
- Working knowledge and application of IT skills in the areas of report writing, e-mail, data recording, internet research
Desirable
- Knowledge of adaptations and technology to assist passengers with disabilities
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal, including the ability to deliver unwelcome news.
- Advanced knowledge, application and analysis of models of practice, assessment and treatment techniques and outcome measurers.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills and critical reflection.
- Highly developed personal, organisational and planning skills
- Ability to make decisions and set priorities.
- Ability to undertake complex risk assessments
- Ability to deliver unwelcome news.
- Ability to act autonomously and flexibly within the role.
Role/Team Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
- Enthusiastic and motivated to develop within the speciality
Personal Characteristics/Additional Requirements
Essential
- Empathetic, reliable, self aware, approachable, confident and mature attitude
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
- Car driver with current driving license
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
